Tom McLure

John Thomas McLure (December 20, 1888 – March 24, 1931) was an American college football and baseball player who served in the First World War.

Auburn University McClure was a prominent quarterback for Mike Donahue's Auburn Tigers of Auburn University.

1908 In 1908, a year in which he was captain, he was selected All-Southern; Vanderbilt coach Dan McGugin describes his play: "McClure was not particularly fast, but a spirited leader, an excellent general and a sure tackler." Auburn is one team listed as an alternative southern champion, for LSU was its only loss.

Military service and later life During World War I, McClure served as a captain in Company F, of the first regiment of engineers, in the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF). He declared that going over the top in France beats charging into an opposing eleven. He was severely wounded in the Battle of Cantigny, having a portion of his face shot away and sustaining injury to his knee. He was awarded the Croix de Guerre for bravery.

McClure later worked as a resident engineer for South Carolina's state highway department. He died on March 24, 1931, two miles south of Ehrhardt, South Carolina, where he was supervising work on highway No. 36.