Jimmy Hitchcock was born on June 28,1911, in Inverness, Alabama, to James Franklin Hitchcock, clerk of the circuit court in Bullock County, and Sallie Louise Davis.
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Jimmy Hitchcock was named a member of the 1932 Walter Camp College Football All-America Team and was inducted into the National Football Foundation's College Football Hall of Fame in 1954.
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Jimmy Hitchcock was a member of an All-time Auburn Tigers football team selected in 1935.
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Jimmy Hitchcock was posthumously inducted into the Helms Athletic Foundation Hall of Fame in 1966 and the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame in 1969.
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Jimmy Hitchcock was a letterman in baseball and garnered All-America honors.
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Jimmy Hitchcock took a position on the Auburn University Board of Trustees which was responsible for the hiring of legendary football coach "Shug" Jordan.
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Jimmy Hitchcock played professional baseball for nine seasons, including a stint as the shortstop for the Boston Bees of the National League in 1938.
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Jimmy Hitchcock collected 13 hits and three bases on balls in 79 plate appearances, hitting.
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Outside of sports, Jimmy Hitchcock served in the United States Navy in World War II.
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Jimmy Hitchcock later parlayed his popularity in Alabama into a political position on the Alabama Public Service Commission, for which he served until his death in 1959.