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)

Harris G. Cope

Germany Schulz and Chigger Browne

Lee Tolley

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

1. "Founder of Tiger Football Tells How". Sewanee Alumni News. 8 (1): 7. December 1941.
2. "Lettermen". Sewanee Alumni News: 14–18. 1949.
3. Wendell Givens (2003). Ninety-Nine Iron: The Season Sewanee Won Five Games in Six Days. University of Alabama Press. p. 30. ISBN   9780817350628.
4. "Stadium Has Harris Name" (PDF). The Sewanee Purple. November 6, 1957.
5. "Brown Is All-Time Tiger Great". Sewanee Alumni News: 15. 1952.
6. "Tolley's Run Won Victory". Hopkinsville Kentuckian. November 28, 1914.
7. "Barker, George H."
8. 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.