Fatty Lawrence | |
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Born | Murfreesboro, Tennessee, U.S. | May 6, 1903
Died | August, 1976 (aged 73) Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
Occupation(s) | head of Nashville’s Water and Sewerage Services Department |
College football career | |
Vanderbilt Commodores – No. 19; 15 | |
Position | Guard |
Class | Graduate |
Personal information | |
Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
Weight | 195 lb (88 kg) |
Career history | |
College | Vanderbilt (1921–1924) |
High school | Hume-Fogg |
Career highlights and awards | |
Robert Landy "Fatty" Lawrence (May 6, 1903 – August, 1976)[1] was a college football player who went on to become the superintendent of Nashville’s Water and Sewerage Services Department from 1932 to 1971;[2][3][4] namesake of the Robert L. Lawrence Jr., Filtration Plant. He was the father of United States Navy vice admiral William P. Lawrence and the grandfather of NASA astronaut Wendy Lawrence.