Ox McKibbon

Ox McKibbon

No. 21
Position	Tackle/End
Personal information
Born	c. 1904 Culleoka, Tennessee, U.S.
Career information
College	Vanderbilt (1924–1926)
Awards and highlights
All-Southern (1925, 1926)

Fred Cox "Ox" McKibbon was a college football player and baseball player and baseball coach.

Vanderbilt

McKibbon was a prominent tackle and end for Dan McGugin's Vanderbilt Commodores football teams from 1924 to 1926, ^[1] selected All-Southern in 1926. ^[2]

1924

Fred Russell dubbed the 1924 season "the most eventful season in the history of Vanderbilt football." ^[3] In a 13 to 0 victory over Auburn in 1924, McKibbon completed a pass run in for a touchdown by Hek Wakefield. ^[4] McKibbon was a starter that year for the 16 to 6 win over Minnesota, Vanderbilt's first ever win over a Western school. He threw a touchdown to Gil Reese in the game. ^[5] "It was the best coached team we saw this year," said the Minnesota newspapermen. ^[3] One account reads "Fred McKibbon left Minneapolis dizzy with his crafty timing of aerial shots." ^[6]

Hume-Fogg High School

He coached baseball at Nashville's Hume-Fogg High School in the 1930s and 1940s. ^[7]

References

1. "Thanksgiving Day Contests See Many of Dixie College Gridiron Stars Play Finals". The Miami News. November 23, 1926.
2. "Alabama Places 4 Men On Newspaper All-Southern Team". The Kingsport Times. November 28, 1926.
3. Russell, Fred, and Maxwell Edward Benson. Fifty Years of Vanderbilt Football. Nashville, TN, 1938, p. 43
4. "Vanderbilt Eleven Trims Auburn, 13 to 0". The Washington Post. November 2, 1924. ProQuest   149447673.
5. "Gophers Beaten By Vanderbilt Commodores, 16-0". Spartanburg Herald. November 22, 1924.
6. William L. Traughber (September 8, 2011). Vanderbilt Football: Tales of Commodore Gridiron History. ISBN   9781625842312.
7. "Johnny Beazley".