Ellwood Wilson

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Ellwood Wilson
Sewanee Tigers
Position Quarterback
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College Sewanee (1891)
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Born: 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]

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1891 Sewanee Tigers football team

The 1891 Sewanee Tigers football team represented the Sewanee Tigers of Sewanee: The University of the South during the 1891 college football season. In the inaugural season of Sewanee football, the Tigers compiled a 1–2 record. The team's quarterback was Ellwood Wilson, considered the "founder of Sewanee football." He had come from Lawrenceville, New Jersey, where he played football before, to Sewanee in 1889. While introducing the sport to Sewanee, he was forced to use a piece of wood shaped like a football until he found a real one. Sewanee's first intercollegiate game was the first instance of the Sewanee–Vanderbilt rivalry and Vanderbilt's second ever game. The win over Tennessee was that program's first game.

The 1892 Sewanee Tigers football team represented the Sewanee Tigers of Sewanee: The University of the South in the 1892 college football season. In their second season as a full-time squad, the Tigers posted a 5–1–1 record.

The 1893 Sewanee Tigers football team represented the Sewanee Tigers of Sewanee: The University of the South in the 1893 college football season.

The 1894 Sewanee Tigers football team represented the Sewanee Tigers of Sewanee: The University of the South in the 1894 college football season.

The 1900 Sewanee Tigers football team represented the Sewanee Tigers of Sewanee: The University of the South in the 1900 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. The loss to Virginia was the first loss since 1897.

The 1902 Sewanee Tigers football team represented the Sewanee Tigers of Sewanee: The University of the South in the 1902 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season.

The 1915 Sewanee Tigers football team represented the Sewanee Tigers of Sewanee: The University of the South during the 1915 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season.

The 1916 Sewanee Tigers football team represented the Sewanee Tigers of Sewanee: The University of the South during the 1916 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season.

The 1917 Sewanee Tigers football team represented the Sewanee Tigers of Sewanee: The University of the South during the 1917 college football season.

The 1924 Sewanee Tigers football team represented the Sewanee Tigers of Sewanee: The University of the South during the 1924 Southern Conference football season. It was the team's first season in the Southern Conference, and features its last victory over rival Vanderbilt. Sewanee was also a co-member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association in 1924, its last season as a member. The game against Carson-Newman was forfeited in their favor.

The 1923 Sewanee Tigers football team represented the Sewanee Tigers of Sewanee: The University of the South during the 1923 college football season.

The 1922 Sewanee Tigers football team represented the Sewanee Tigers of Sewanee: The University of the South during the 1922 college football season.

The 1921 Sewanee Tigers football team represented the Sewanee Tigers of Sewanee: The University of the South during the 1921 college football season.

The 1920 Sewanee Tigers football team represented the Sewanee Tigers of Sewanee: The University of the South during the 1920 college football season.

The 1919 Sewanee Tigers football team represented the Sewanee Tigers of Sewanee: The University of the South during the 1919 college football season.

The 1925 Sewanee Tigers football team was an American football team that represented the Sewanee Tigers of Sewanee: The University of the South as a member of the Southern Conference during the 1925 college football season. In its third season under head coach M. S. Bennett, the team compiled a 4–4–1 record.

The 1926 Sewanee Tigers football team represented the Sewanee Tigers of Sewanee: The University of the South during the 1926 college football season. Guard and fullback Orin Helvey held Alabama to just two points.

The 1927 Sewanee Tigers football team represented the Sewanee Tigers of Sewanee: The University of the South during the 1927 college football season.

References

  1. ↑ "The Scroll of Phi Delta Theta". 1892.
  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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