[1][2] Frank Area Godchaux Jr. was born on December 27, 1901, in Abbeville, Louisiana, to Frank Godchaux Sr. His father was a letterman and quarterback for the Commodores on the 1899 team, transferring from LSU in 1897,[3][4] and once President of the Louisiana Rice Milling Company, a $10,000,000 corporation.
He was a member of the 1921 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) champion football and baseball teams.
Godchaux was a prominent running back for Dan McGugin's Vanderbilt Commodores football teams.
Godchaux was the first son to follow in his father's footsteps as a Vanderbilt football player.
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