By Walton

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By Walton
Biographical details
Alma mater University of Mississippi
Playing career
1910-1912 Ole Miss
Position(s) Center; End (football)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1911-1912 Ole Miss
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
All-Southern football player (1911)

Byron S. "By" Walton was an American college football player, track star, and basketball player and coach at the University of Mississippi.

Contents

Early years

Walton attended Central High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [1]

Ole Miss

He stood 6 feet tall and weighed 180 pounds.

Football

Walton was a prominent end for the Ole Miss Rebels football team. He was nominated though not selected for an Associated Press All-Time Southeast 1869-1919 era team. [2]

1911

He was selected All-Southern in 1911. [3] [4] [5] He once stripped Ray Morrison of Vanderbilt 10 yards short of the goal. Heisman describes Walton: "This chap weighs 180 stripped, is fast as a deer, willing as a shepherd dog, strong as an ox, and has the judgment of a football player. Against Mercer and Vanderbilt he was simply invulnerable; nothing could get around his end. And when it came to getting down the field and nailing his man under punts he proved himself a perfect demon." [5]

Basketball

He played center and was captain and coach of the basketball team in 1911-1912.

Penn

Walton also attended the University of Pennsylvania. [6]

Camp athletics

In 1917 Walton was appointed by the Fosdick Commission to direct Army camp athletics in Syracuse, New York. [6]

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References

  1. Central High School, Philadelphia (1922). Handbook of the Central High School of Philadelphia. p. 85. Retrieved March 9, 2015 via Google books. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  2. "U-T Greats On All-Time Southeast Team". Kingsport Post. July 31, 1969.
  3. Nathan Stauffer (1911). "The All-Southern Football Team of 1911". Collier's Weekly. 48: 197.
  4. Spalding's Football Guide. Shawnee Mission, Kansas, NCAA Publishing Service. 1911. pp. 35, 65.
  5. 1 2 "Heisman Picks 5 Commodores On His All-Southern Eleven". Atlanta Constitution. December 3, 1911. p. 1. Retrieved March 10, 2015. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  6. 1 2 "Will Direct Camp Sports" (PDF). Syracuse Journal. August 18, 1917.