player_team coach_years birth_place player_positions overall_record player_years coach_team cfbdwid sport article_title name alma_mater
auburn 1934 -- 1941 1946 1947 -- 1950 birmingham , alabama tackle 24 -- 20 -- 3 1931 -- 1933 auburn -lrb- assistant -rrb- livingston state troy state 1506 football fred mccollum
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fred mccollum

fred `` buddy '' mccollum was an american football coach and player .
he was the head football coach at the livingston state teachers college -lrb- now the university of west alabama -rrb- in 1946 and at the troy state teachers college -lrb- now troy university -rrb- from 1947 to 1950 .
mccollum was a member of the auburn tigers football team from 1931 tho 1933 where he played the tackle position .
following his graduation , he served as an assistant coach for the tigers in the 1941 season .
in december 1941 , mccollum was called into active duty with the united states army to serve in world war ii .
on his return , he was the head football coach at livingston state for the 1946 season and compiled an overall record of four wins and two losses during his tenure .
in the following season , mccollum took the head coaching position at troy state .
from 1947 to 1950 , he compiled an overall record of twenty wins , eighteen losses and three ties -lrb- 20 -- 18 -- 3 -rrb- with the red wave .
