On this day in 1905, the Weekly Banner noted that industrialist and University of Georgia benefactor George Foster Peabody had done quite a good deed during his summer vacation:
Recently, another person associated with the University of Georgia saved a child from drowning: former Bulldogs tight end Leonard Pope. Though usually he would have been at camp with his NFL team, the Kansas City Chiefs, the current lockout between the NFL owners and players meant that Pope was in his hometown and there to save 6-year-old Bryson Moore from drowning in an Americus swimming pool.
Learn More:
- Weekly Banner, Aug. 1902 - Dec. 1905 on Microfilm in the Heritage collection.
- Athens Historic Newspaper Archive collection in the Digital Library of Georgia.
- The University of Georgia under Sixteen Administrations, 1785-1955 by Robert Preston Brooks in the Heritage collection.
- History of Athens and Clarke County Georgia by H. J. Rowe in the Heritage and general collections.
- George Foster Peabody: Banker, Philanthropist, Publicist by Louise Ware at the Watkinsville Library in the biography collection or via PINES.
- Safety Smart in the Water! by Disney Educational in the children's DVD collection.
- Teaching Infant and Preschool Aquatics by Judi Cesari via PINES.
- The Fit Swimmer: 120 Workouts and Training Tips by Marianne Brems in the general collection.
- Water Safety by Dana Meachen Rau in the children's collection.
- Swimming for Fun by Andrew Willett in the children's collection.
- Waterproof Kids by Gaylene Anderson in the children's DVD collection.
- Swimming Past Fifty by Mel Goldstein and David Tanner in the general collection.
- Two Dogs Swimming by Lynn Reiser in children's fiction.
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