Hall of Fame
Position: Tackle
Years: 1928-1930
Place of Birth: Birmingham, AL
Date of Birth: Feb 24, 1910
Place of Death: Birmingham, AL
Date of Death: Aug 20, 1998
Jersey Number: 43
Height: 6-2
Weight: 215
High School: Birmingham, AL (Phillips HS)
You name it, Fred Sington did it - from classroom to locker room, from field to gym, from diamond to dais. To say the gifted Alabama tackle was a man for all seasons would be an understatement. You might call Sington a "heady" individual, particularly when you consider his Phi Beta Kappa standing in the classroom. At 6-2 and 215-pounds, Sington was a workhorse for coach Wallace Wade's Crimson Tide teams at the close of Southern football's Golden 20s. An outstanding student-athlete in the purest definition, Sington laid claim to virtually every academic and athletic award at Alabama while serving as president of the student body his senior year. Sington's competitive drive was apparent from the very start of his athletic career as he starred in football, baseball, basketball, and track. After graduation from Alabama, Sington played baseball for the Washington Senators and Brooklyn Dodgers until 1940. In World War II, Sington rose to the rank of Lt. Commander. After the war, the `Bama gridiron great became a respected Southeastern Conference official and prominent businessman in Birmingham, where he was chairman of the first Hall of Fame Bowl game in 1977. From Phi Beta Kappa to All-America in 1930, Sington was one of the greatest student- athletes to play college football.
