Football 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. His first three years saw three
Southern Conference championships. Zimmerman led the Green Wave to a win–loss–tie record of 25–4–1 (). Tulane football legend
Jerry Dalrymple started playing the season before.
1930 The
1930 team lost only to
Northwestern, Zimmerman scoring the first touchdown in the 28 to 0 victory over
Georgia Tech. He also ran a punt back 69 yards against
Mississippi A&M. The 1930 team was Southern co-champion with
national champion Alabama.
1931 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 still managed a Rose Bowl record for yardage gained. Zimmerman eclipsed 100 yards rushing in both the
Auburn and
LSU games that year.
1932 The 1932 team saw Zimmerman get then school records with 1,885 yards total offense and a 5.5-yard rushing average. Tulane lost to Auburn, and then lost to
LSU in the final game of the year with Zimmerman and several other regulars sidelined by a
flu epidemic. He also ranks fifth in career rushing yards with 2,369. Zimmerman is a member the Tulane Athletics Hall of Fame and was elected to the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame in 1975.
Track and field Zimmerman was Tulane's first
Southeastern Conference track champion, winning the 1933
pole vault title. ==References==