For this first Friday blog, it just so happens that both ends are in the same family so I decided to tell you about both - Friday's Famous, and Forgotten.
Frederick William Pickhard, Jr.
Fred Pickhard All-American University of Alabama 1925-1927 |
Fred, Jr. attended the University of Alabama and played on the Crimson Tide Football Team from 1925-1927. Fred was a 6'3", 205 lb. Offensive Tackle for the Tide. His bio on rolltide.com states:
"Pickhard was an All-American choice in 1926 and an All-Southern Conference selection in 1926-27. He played on national championship teams in 1925 and 1926 and was captain of the 1927 squad. Perhaps the biggest play of the year in 1926 was Pickhard’s block of a fourth-quarter punt by Sewanee that Bama recovered for a safety to win 2-0 which kept Bama perfect en route to a Rose Bowl berth. Against LSU the very next week, Pickhard blocked two more punts for touchdowns. Only 16 punts were blocked for scores in 1926 and Pickhard had three of them."
University of Alabama 1925 National Championship Team (Fred Pickhard pictured middle row, center) |
Fred was selected as the "Rose Bowl Player of the Game" in the 1926 National Championship game, in which Alabama tied Stanford 7-7 (the last Rose Bowl to end in a tie).
In 1938 Fred moved to Oregon, where he married Lucille Hoober and together they had 3 children. Only son Fred, III, went on to play Left End for Michigan, playing in the 1951 Rose Bowl, where his Wolverines beat the California Golden Bears 14-6.
Fred Jr. retired from Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. as a service manager in 1971. He died on April 11, 1993 and is buried at Portland Memorial Mausoleum. He was survived by his wife of 53 years, his three children and nine grandchildren.
Amelia Helmetag Pickhard
AMELIA G. HELMETAG Wife of FREDERICK W. PICKHARD Born Dec. 24, 1862 Died Dec. 4, 1898 Our Baby AMALIE ST. JOHN, Aged 3 months and 6 days. OF SUCH IS THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. |
William and Amelia's first child, Amelia was born on Christmas Eve, 1862. The date of her wedding to Frederick Pickhard is unknown. Frederick was a carpenter for the L & N Railroad during their marriage. They had a daughter, Amalie St. John Pickhard - exactly when is unknown. Amalie lived 3 months and 6 days. Amelia Pickhard died on December 4, 1898. Mother and daughter are buried together at Magnolia Cemetery in Mobile. Their grave seems very solitary, no one next to them, under a small tree. Frederick remarried around 1902. His wife Stella Guise was Amelia's first cousin. Frederick is buried next to Stella in Mobile's Pine Crest Cemetery.
Dear Susan. My name is Hans Pickhard and I am living in the Netherlands. I saw your site by accident and I want to give you some information about my family. Frederick and Amelia married Dec.1889, 4 in St. John's Church Mobile.Amalie St. John was born Nov.28, 1898 and baptized Jan. 8, 1899 and died March 6,1899. Frederick remarried in Onida (Kansas) June 14, 1901
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If you have any questions or maybe you can help me with pictures of the Pickhard branche please use my e-mailaddress H.Pickhard@home.nl Best wishes: Hans Pickhard