Jimmy Vann, Football Years

James Robert Vann, Sr. (Jimmy) and my great-grandfather Sam Richard Vann, Sr. were brothers.  I guess that would make Jimmy my great-great-uncle.  He was very talented.  One of his feats was playing football for three years at Auburn University under Coach John Heisman (yes, that one).  He also received his Doctor of Medicine Degree from Alabama Medical College at Mobile in 1899 and became a prominent Henry County (AL) physician.  He was born in 1871, and died in 1937.

6'4" 250 lbs

photos below are from Jim Vann III, grandson and namesake of Jimmy Vann

1897

Two Auburn Heisman winners were added to the 1897 team portrait: Pat Sullivan & Bo Jackson.

For more on Jimmy Vann's personal life and medical career, click here.