Ike Boland


Joseph H. "Ike" Boland was a college football player.

University of Georgia

Boland was a prominent center for the Georgia Bulldogs of the University of Georgia from 1927 to 1929. An All-Time Georgia All-Star Team published in 1935 had Boland as the second team center behind Bum Day.

1927

He played center for the 1927 "dream and wonder team" which defeated [1927 1927 Yale Bulldogs football team|Yale Bulldogs football team|Yale] at the Yale Bowl on October 8. He was selected [College Football College Football All-Southern Team|All-Southern Team|All-Southern] by Miss Emily Boyd, sports editor of the Griffin Daily News, the only woman sports editor in the south.

1929

Boland was captain of the 1929 team. Georgia again defeated Yale, this time at home in Yale's first game played in the south. He was the first center to receive honorable mention on the Associated Press All-Southern team, placing behind Lloyd Roberts of Tulane and Julian Bealle of South Carolina of the first and second teams.