Walker Leach
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Virginia, U.S.
Tennessee, U.S.
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| Position | Halfback/End |
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| Born | (1888-07-22)July 22, 1888 Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | January 2, 1944(1944-01-02) (aged 55) Tennessee, U.S. |
| Career information | |
| College | Tennessee (1905–1908) |
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John Walker Leach (July 22, 1888 – January 2, 1944) was a college football player.
1907
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] In 1915, John Heisman selected his 30 greatest Southern football players. Leach was the only selection from Tennessee.[3]
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.[4] That year Vanderbilt coach Dan McGugin noted "All things considered, Leach was perhaps the best football player of the year in Dixie."[5] 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.
- ↑ Heisman, J. W. (February 19, 1915). "Dixie's Football Hall of Fame". Atlanta Georgian.
- ↑ Fields, Bud; Bertucci, Bob (1982). Big Orange: a pictorial history of University of Tennessee football. Leisure Press. 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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