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American football player and attorney (1882?1951)
Newman Alexander "Nat" Townsend
(May 1, 1882 – April 11, 1951) was a
college football
player and
attorney
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Early years
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Newman Townsend was born on May 1, 1882, in
Raynham, North Carolina
, to the
reverend
Jackson Townsend and his wife Sarah Melissa Oliver. The Townsend family had emigrated from the parish of Raynham in
Norfolk, England
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University of North Carolina
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Townsend graduated from the
University of North Carolina
in 1905, and was a prominent member of its
football team
, selected for
All-Southern
teams in 1904.
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John Longer de Saulles
disputed those who would call his year lucky, "Townsend, of Carolina, has attrackted (sic) more attention than any Southern end during the season. It was Townsend's work for Carolina that defeated
Virginia Polytechnic
and it was his good office that took advantage of
Pollard
misplay in
Richmond
, giving Carolina her touchdown. These accidents happen repeatedly only with those who are playing up to the limit, and while the newspapers may call his playing accidental, it is impossible to disassociate these accidents from earnest intelligent and successful endeavors."
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Career in law
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Townsend served as executive counsel to another former football star, governor
Oliver Max Gardner
, in 1930?31.
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