List of Sewanee Tigers starting quarterbacks
This is a list of every Sewanee Tigers football team quarterback and the years they participated on the Sewanee Tigers football team.
Main starting quarterbacks
1891 to 1944 (incomplete)
The following players were the predominant quarters for the Tigers following the birth of Sewanee Tigers football until the last time it played Vanderbilt.
Name | Years Started | Notability | References |
---|---|---|---|
Ellwood Wilson | 1891 | Considered the "founder of Sewanee Tigers football" | [1] |
Alexander Blacklock | 1892–1895 | [2] | |
Oscar Wilder | 1896–1897 | [2] | |
Warbler Wilson | 1898–1900 | Luke Lea got him to Sewanee from his native South Carolina. All-Southern quarter for the "Iron Men" of the 1899 Sewanee Tigers football team. | [3] |
Harris G. Cope | 1901 | A sub on the "Iron Men." Later one of Sewanee's greatest coaches, leading it in that capacity to the 1909 SIAA title. | [2] |
Frank M. Osborne | 1902 | Previously at UNC. All-Southern; later assistant and reverend. | [2] |
John Scarbrough | 1903–1905 | All-Southern. He was a renowned punter. 2nd team All-Time Sewanee Eleven. | [4] |
C. Logan Eisele | 1906–1907 | [2] | |
Walter Barrett | 1907 | All-Southern. | [2] |
Chigger Browne | 1908–1910 | Weighed only 111 pounds. All-Southern. The quarter on the Sewanee All-Time Football Team. | [5] |
John Myers | 1911 | [2] | |
Frank M. Gillespie | 1911 | [2] | |
Lee Tolley | 1912–1914 | All-Southern. He led the Sewanee eleven to the first defeat of rival Vanderbilt since 1909. | [6] |
William Herring | 1915–1916 | [2] | |
Thomas Harper | 1917–1920 | [2] | |
William K. Powers | 1921–1923 | [2] | |
Bill Coughlan | 1922 | 2nd team All-Time Sewanee Eleven. | [2] |
George H. Barker | 1924–1925 | Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame. Piloted Sewanee to its last defeat of Vanderbilt. | [7] |
Andrew L. "Jack" Todd | 1926 | [2] | |
Harold Eustis | 1935 | ||
1945 to present (incomplete)
Name | Years Started | Notability | References |
---|---|---|---|
John Shoop | 1988-1990 | Current offensive coordinator for Purdue. | [8] |
References
- ↑ "Founder of Tiger Football Tells How". Sewanee Alumni News. 8 (1): 7. December 1941.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Lettermen". Sewanee Alumni News: 14–18. 1949.
- ↑ Wendell Givens (2003). Ninety-Nine Iron: The Season Sewanee Won Five Games in Six Days. University of Alabama Press. p. 30.
- ↑ "Stadium Has Harris Name" (PDF). The Sewanee Purple. November 6, 1957.
- ↑ "Brown Is All-Time Tiger Great". Sewanee Alumni News: 15. 1952.
- ↑ "Tolley's Run Won Victory". Hopkinsville Kentuckian. November 28, 1914.
- ↑ "Barker, George H.".
- ↑ Melissa Isaacson (December 17, 2000). "Bears Interim Offensive Coordinator John Shoop Brings An Exhausting Work Ethic To His Job.". www.chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved December 16, 2013.
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