List of Sewanee Tigers starting quarterbacks

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This is a list of every Sewanee Tigers football team quarterback and the years they participated on the Sewanee Tigers football team.

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Main starting quarterbacks

1891 to 1944 (incomplete)

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Harris G. Cope
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Germany Schulz and Chigger Browne
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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.

NameYears StartedNotabilityReferences
Ellwood Wilson 1891Considered the "founder of Sewanee Tigers football" [1]
Alexander Blacklock1892–1895 [2]
Oscar Wilder1896–1897 [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 1901A 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 1902Previously at UNC. All-Southern; later assistant and reverend. [2]
John Scarbrough 1903–1905All-Southern. He was a renowned punter. 2nd team All-Time Sewanee Eleven. [4]
C. Logan Eisele1906–1907 [2]
Walter Barrett 1907All-Southern. [2]
Chigger Browne 1908–1910Weighed only 111 pounds. All-Southern. The quarter on the Sewanee All-Time Football Team. [5]
John Myers1911 [2]
Frank M. Gillespie1911 [2]
Lee Tolley 1912–1914All-Southern. He led the Sewanee eleven to the first defeat of rival Vanderbilt since 1909. [6]
William Herring1915–1916 [2]
Thomas Harper1917–1920 [2]
William K. Powers1921–1923 [2]
Bill Coughlan 19222nd team All-Time Sewanee Eleven. [2]
George H. Barker 1924–1925Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame. Piloted Sewanee to its last defeat of Vanderbilt. [7]
Andrew L. "Jack" Todd1926 [2]
Harold Eustis1935

1945 to present (incomplete)

NameYears StartedNotabilityReferences
John Shoop 1988-1990Current offensive coordinator for Purdue. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "Founder of Tiger Football Tells How". Sewanee Alumni News. 8 (1): 7. December 1941.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "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.
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