Tarzan Holt

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Tarzan Holt
Tennessee Volunteers
Position End
Career history
College Tennessee (19201923)
Career highlights and awards

Robert "Tarzan" Holt was an American college football player and high school football coach. He once coached high school football at Tellico Plains, Tennessee. [1] He also coached under Bill Brennan at Little Rock College. [2]

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University of Tennessee

Holt was a prominent end for the Tennessee Volunteers football team of the University of Tennessee from 1920 to 1923. Coach M. B. Banks moved him to the position from the backfield. [3]

1922

He was selected All-Southern in 1922. [4] [5]

1923

Holt was elected captain of 1923. [6] [7] [8]

References

  1. "In the Realm of Sport" (PDF). The Troy Times. September 7, 1932 via Fulton History.
  2. "Football Practice". The Guardian. August 25, 1928. p. 3 via Arkansas Catholic Newspaper Archive.
  3. "University of Tennessee". 1922. p. 146.[ dead link ]
  4. "Georgia Tech Has Four on All-Southern Team". Richmond Times Dispatch. December 10, 1922 via Library of Congress.
  5. Wheatley, Cliff (December 10, 1922). "Al Staton, Davis, Whelchel Frye, Roberts, Cobington, Bennett, Fletcher Picked". Atlanta Constitution. p. 3. Retrieved March 16, 2015 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  6. "Tarzan Holt Captain". Daily Illini. December 20, 1922. Retrieved May 6, 2015 via Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections.
  7. "2002 Football Captains Selected". University of Tennessee Athletics. August 22, 2002. Archived from the original on August 29, 2018. Retrieved February 25, 2024.
  8. Fields, Bud (October 1, 1982). Big Orange: A Pictorial History of University of Tennessee football. Leisure Press. p. 70. ISBN   9780880110716 via Google Books.