Vance Maree

Vance Maree

200px Maree at the '29 Rose Bowl.
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets No. 38; 23
Position	Tackle
Class	1931
Career history
College	Georgia Tech (1928–1931)
Bowl games	Rose Bowl (1929)
Personal information
Date of birth	(1909-12-20)December 20, 1909
Place of birth	Savannah, Georgia
Date of death
Place of death	Marietta, Georgia
Height
Weight
Career highlights and awards
National championship (1928) SoCon (1928) All-Southern (1928, 1929, 1930) Third-team All-American (1930) Tech All-Era Team (William Alexander Era)

George LaVance "Vance" "Dutch" Maree (December 20, 1909 – November 20, 1976) was an American football and basketball player for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets of the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Early years

Vance Maree was born on December 20, 1909 in Savannah, Georgia to Andrew Morgan Maree and Frances Ann Johstoneaux.

Georgia Tech

Football

He was a prominent tackle on William Alexander's football teams. Maree is a member of the Georgia Tech Athletics Hall of Fame.

1928

Maree was a member of the 1928 team which was national champion. Maree blocked the punt in the 1929 Rose Bowl which led to an 8 to 7 Tech victory over Cal after Roy Riegels ran 65 yards in the wrong direction.

1930

One writer in 1930 said Vance Maree and Frank Speer had the reputation as "the toughest pair of tackles in the south." Maree was selected All-Southern. He was selected as a third-team All-American by the International News Service in 1930.