Robert Thomas "Trigger Tom" Jenkins (August 16, 1923 – November 23, 2001) was an American football halfback at University of Alabama and the United States Naval Academy.
[2] A gifted athlete Jenkins played high school football earning All-State and All-Southern in 1939 and 1940.
[6] The three other members of the 1944 consensus All-American backfield were Les Horvath, Doc Blanchard, and Glen Davis, who all won the Heisman Trophy in 1944, 1945, and 1946 respectively.
[1] Jenkins was selected as the sixth pick in the 17th round (170th overall) by the Washington Redskins in the 1945 National Football League draft.
[1] In 1959, he founded machine tools business Birmingham called Modern Machinery Associates, Inc.[2] He died on November 23, 2001.