Ellwood Wilson

Ellwood Wilson
Sewanee Tigers
Position Quarterback
Career history
College Sewanee (1891)
Personal information
Place of birth New Jersey

Ellwood Wilson was a college football player,[1] considered the "founder of Sewanee Tigers football."[2] He came to Sewanee from New Jersey, and at first used an oval block of wood in place of a football.[3]

References

  1. https://books.google.com/books?id=meESAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA157
  2. "Founder of Tiger Football Tells How". Sewanee Alumni News. 8 (1): 7. December 1941.
  3. "Target for Today". The Milwaukee Journal. April 4, 1951.
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