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”’Marvin “Babe” Pearce”’ was a [[college football]] player for both [[Alabama Crimson Tide football|Alabama]] and [[Auburn Tigers football|Auburn]], under coach [[John Heisman]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tuscaloosanews.com/story/news/2008/11/28/believe-it-or-not-player-was-a-tider-then-a-tiger/27789028007/|title=Believe it or not: Player was a Tider, then a Tiger|first=Michael E. Palmer Staff|last=Photographer|website=The Tuscaloosa News}}</ref> He was the father of [[James Pearce (tackle)|James Pearce]] and Clark Pearce. Marvin’s father was the [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] general James P. Pearce.<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 28, 2008 |title=Player |work=The Tuscaloosa News |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1817&dat=20081128&id=TEIoAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Or0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=4077,7806196}}</ref> He enrolled at Alabama in [[1895 Alabama Crimson White football team|1895]],<ref>Pearce, J. (1982). The Pearces, Persons of Quality. United States: J. Pearce. p. 93</ref> after traveling to Tuscaloosa from [[Marion County, Alabama|Marion County]] in a horse-drawn buggy. Pearce played for Alabama in the first [[Iron Bowl]]. He then transferred to Auburn for [[1896 Auburn Tigers football team|1896]] and [[1897 Auburn Tigers football team|1897]]. Marvin was the first man to own a gasoline-powered vehicle in Marion County.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://myjrpaper.com/node/3263|title=Pearce’s Mill: A fading monument to the past | Journal Record|website=myjrpaper.com}}</ref> |
”’Marvin “Babe” Pearce”’ was a [[college football]] player for both [[Alabama Crimson Tide football|Alabama]] and [[Auburn Tigers football|Auburn]], under coach [[John Heisman]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tuscaloosanews.com/story/news/2008/11/28/believe-it-or-not-player-was-a-tider-then-a-tiger/27789028007/|title=Believe it or not: Player was a Tider, then a Tiger|first=Michael E. Palmer Staff|last=Photographer|website=The Tuscaloosa News}}</ref> He was the father of [[James Pearce (tackle)|James Pearce]] and Clark Pearce. Marvin’s father was the [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] general James P. Pearce.<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 28, 2008 |title=Player |work=The Tuscaloosa News |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1817&dat=20081128&id=TEIoAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Or0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=4077,7806196}}</ref> He enrolled at Alabama in [[1895 Alabama Crimson White football team|1895]],<ref>Pearce, J. (1982). The Pearces, Persons of Quality. United States: J. Pearce. p. 93</ref> after traveling to Tuscaloosa from [[Marion County, Alabama|Marion County]] in a horse-drawn buggy. Pearce played for Alabama in the first [[Iron Bowl]]. He then transferred to Auburn for [[1896 Auburn Tigers football team|1896]] and [[1897 Auburn Tigers football team|1897]]. Marvin was the first man to own a gasoline-powered vehicle in Marion County.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://myjrpaper.com/node/3263|title=Pearce’s Mill: A fading monument to the past | Journal Record|website=myjrpaper.com}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 07:54, 10 February 2026
Marvin “Babe” Pearce (August 9, 1879 – )was a college football player for both Alabama and Auburn, under coach John Heisman.[1][2] He was the father of James Pearce and Clark Pearce. Marvin’s father was the Confederate general James P. Pearce.[3] He enrolled at Alabama in 1895,[4] after traveling to Tuscaloosa from Marion County in a horse-drawn buggy. Pearce played for Alabama in the first Iron Bowl. He then transferred to Auburn for 1896 and 1897. Marvin was the first man to own a gasoline-powered vehicle in Marion County.[5]
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