Irvine "Cotton" Warburton
(born October 8, 1911
in San
Diego
and died April 21, 1982 in Culver City, CA
) was an All-American
college quarterback (1933) who became a film editor; he won an
Academy Award for his work on Mary Poppins in 1964.
Career in Sports
Warburton attended
San Diego High
School, and won the California high school
quarter mile in 1930. He brought his speed to
the
USC Trojans football team, and was
chosen as an
All-American quarterback
in 1933.
Cotton was elected to the College Football
Hall of Fame
in 1975; Hall of Fame guard Aaron Rosenberg also made it big in the
movies as a director and producer.
Hollywood career
Cotton became a successful Hollywood
film
editor and won an
Oscar in 1964 for his work on
the
box office hit
Mary Poppins.
Cotton is the great-uncle of American musician Ukulele Bartt, a
contemporary artist who has a large following on the Internet,
particularly on the video-sharing website YouTube.
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