Frank Hudson Killed in Accident on Way to Football Game, Nov. 14, 1925

Davidson Senior Killed in Wreck. . . Was En Route to Chapel Hill for Football Game When Auto Was Recked Near Its Destination

Chapel Hill, Nov. 14 (AP)—Frank Hudson, Davidson College senior, was killed in an automobile accident on the Hillsboro-Chapel Hill road about 6 miles from here late last night. A broken neck caused almost instantaneous death. He was on his way to attend the Carolina-Davidson game.

Hudson and five other Davidson students were driving to Chapel Hill in a rented automobile, it is reported They got off on a side road through mistake, it is understood, and the car was overturned when they were attempting to get back on the main highway. Every effort was being made here this morning to keep news of the Davidson College student’s death from the Davidson squad which meets Carolina here today, for fear of the possible ill effects of the morale of the team.

Hudson was a popular student at Davidson. He was head of the Glee Club, president of the Board of Control, and was a member of the S.A.E. fraternity.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, Nov. 14, 1925

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