title: Malcolm Aitken
text: # Malcolm Aitken
  
  Malcolm Aitken (c. 1911 – ?) was a college football player.
  
  ## University of Tennessee
  
  Aitken was a prominent tackle for coach Robert Neyland's Tennessee Volunteers football teams from 1930 to 1932, captain of the 1932 team. After learning coach Neyland's mother had died, Aitken organized a secret meeting with the team, and vowing to "go out and pay a debt of respect and gratitude o one of the greatest coaches football has ever known." The Vols later defeated Florida 32–13. Aitken was selected All-Southern by The Anniston Star. He earned the Torchbearer award in 1933.
  
  ## Personal life
  
  Aitken married Dorothy Wright on September 24, 1934.
  
  