title: George L. Hicks
text: # George L. Hicks
  
  George Luther Hicks (April 4, 1871 – September 3, 1956) was a college football player and colonel in the U. S. Army. He served in the Spanish American War and World War I.
  
  ## Biography
  
  George Luther Hicks was a son of former Confederate field surgeon George L. Hicks, Sr. and Nancy Hicks, the daughter of Governor Thomas Holliday Hicks. He married Mabel Mullen.
  
  ### University of Virginia
  
  Hicks was a prominent tackle for the Virginia Cavaliers football team of the University of Virginia. The school claims a Southern championship every year he played. He was selected for an All-Southern team in 1895.
  
  