Walker Leach
Tennessee Volunteers | |
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Position | Halfback/End |
Class | Graduate |
Personal information | |
Born: | (1888-07-22)July 22, 1888 Virginia, U.S. |
Died: | January 2, 1944(1944-01-02) (aged 55) Tennessee, U.S. |
Career history | |
College | Tennessee (1905–1908) |
Career highlights and awards | |
John Walker Leach (July 22, 1888 – January 2, 1944) was a college football player.
University of Tennessee
He was a prominent, halfback, end and kicker for the Tennessee Volunteers of the University of Tennessee. At Tennessee, he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon. He was once appointed alumni member of the Tennessee Athletic Council.[1] He was nominated though not selected for an Associated Press All-Time Southeast 1869-1919 era team.[2]
1907
Leach played at end in 1907.
1908
Leach was captain of the school's 1908 team which was widely considered the best Tennessee football season up to that point.[3] That year Vanderbilt coach Dan McGugin noted "All things considered, Leach was perhaps the best football player of the year in Dixie."[4] The team included College Football Hall of Fame guard Nathan Dougherty.
See also
References
- ^ Sigma Alpha Epsilon (1910). "Tennessee". The Record of Sigma Alpha Epsilon. 30 – via Google Books.
- ^ "U-T Greats On All-Time Southeast Team". Kingsport Post. July 31, 1969 – via Google News.
- ^ Fields, Bud; Bertucci, Bob (1982). Big Orange: a pictorial history of University of Tennessee football. p. 34. ISBN 9780880110716 – via Google Books.
- ^ Spalding's Football Guide. Shawnee Mission, Kansas, NCAA Publishing Service. 1909. p. 75 – via Archive.org.
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