David Peacock (American football)


David Roscoe "Emp" Peacock was a college football player and coach, as well as a politician.

University of Georgia

Playing

1912

As a player, he was an All-Southern guard captain for the Georgia Bulldogs of the University of Georgia in 1912. An Athens newspaper said he was "probably the most aggressive lineman in the South." He weighed 185 pounds.

Coaching

Peacock was an assistant for the 1914 Georgia Bulldogs, leaving to get his master's degree at the University of Michigan.

Politics

He was once president pro-tempore of the Georgia state Senate.