George Luther Hicks (April 4, 1871 â September 3, 1956) was an American college football player and colonel in the U. S. Army. He served in the Spanish American War and World War I.
George Luther Hicks was a son of former Confederate field surgeon George L. Hicks, Sr. and Nancy Hicks, the daughter of Governor Thomas Holliday Hicks. He married Mabel Mullen.
Hicks was a prominent tackle for the Virginia Cavaliers football team of the University of Virginia. The school claims a Southern championship every year he played. He was selected for an All-Southern team in 1895.