1 Bobby Jones is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame and the Georgia Tech Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 1958. 2  He is also a member of the 1997 Georgia Tech Engineering Hall of Fame Class.
The phrase âa chip on oneâs shoulderâ is reported as originating with the nineteenth century U.S. practice of spoiling for a fight by carrying a chip of wood on oneâs shoulder, daring others to knock it off. This suggested derivation has more than the whiff of folk-etymology about it.
Food chips, [Chiefly Brit.] French fries. Dialect Terms, Idioms chip off the old block, a person who resembles one parent in appearance or behavior: His son is just a chip off the old block. Dialect Terms, Idioms chip on one's shoulder, a disposition to quarrel: You will never make friends if you go around with a chip on your shoulder.