Fred Sington
Frederic William Sington was an American football and baseball player. Sington was also an accomplished saxophonist. Sington was born in Birmingham, Alabama, and was Jewish.
He attended Phillips [High School (Alabama)|Phillips High School].
College football
Sington was a prominent two-time All America tackle for Wallace Wade's Alabama [Crimson Tide football] teams. While in college he was a member of the Zeta Beta Tau fraternity, Psi chapter at the University of Alabama. He was elected to the College [Football Hall of Fame] in 1955. Sington was chosen for an Associated Press Southeast Area All-Time football team 1920–1969 era.1930
In 1930 [Alabama Crimson Tide football team|1930], a year in which Alabama won the national championship and Sington was a unanimous All-American, Rudy Vallée wrote a song about Sington, entitled "Football Freddie", that would go on to become a nationwide hit.Baseball
In 1932 he led the Middle Atlantic League with a batting average of.368 and a slugging percentage of.720, and in triples with 12 and home runs with 29. In 1936 he was third in the Southern Association with a batting average of.384 and a slugging percentage of.589, as he led the league with 22 triples.He would also play professional baseball as an outfielder with the Brooklyn Dodgers and Washington Senators, batting.271/.382/.401 with 7 home runs and 85 RBI in 181 games.