[1] Zimmerman was a "triple-threat" player as a runner, passer, and kicker on coach Bernie Bierman's and Tex Cox's Tulane football teams from 1929 to 1932.

The 1931 team lost only to national champion USC 21 to 12 in the Rose Bowl in which Zimmerman threw a touchdown to Vernon Haynes.

Tulane was tied 6 to 6 by Vandy, breaking a Southern Conference winning streak two weeks away from lasting four years.

[3] "Zimmerman is probably the finest open field runner the South has seen in the past decade" wrote Henry McLemore announcing the United Press All-America team.

[2] He held the national junior pole vault mark at 13 feet 5 and 7/8 inches, recorded in Lincoln, Nebraska, in the summer of 1931.