Tom Nash

Who is Tom Nash?

Thomas Acton Nash was an All-American, All-Pro football player. Tom Nash, Sr. was born in Lincoln County, Georgia and grew up in Washington, Georgia. Nash played college football on the 1925, 1926, and 1927 University of Georgia Bulldogs football teams, including the 1927 "Dream and Wonder" team. He was a consensus All-American in 1927. He then played professional football in the NFL, first for the Green Bay Packers, including the World Championship teams of 1929, 30, and 31. He was named All Pro while at Green Bay in 1932. He finished his professional career with the Brooklyn Dodgers. He also played Double A and Triple A baseball. After completing his professional career, he returned to his hometown of Washington, Georgia, where he was an automobile dealer and later elementary school principal and coach, mentoring many young men in that community. From 1943 to 1945, he was an assistant football coach at the University of Georgia under Coach Wally Butts. He was named to the 1934 University of Georgia All-Time team, inducted into the state of Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in 1972, and the Washington-Wilkes Sports Hall of Fame in its inaugural induction in 1987.