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1948 All-SEC Football Team
The 1948 All-SEC football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) chosen by various selectors for the 1948 college football season. Georgia won the conference. All-SEC selections Ends *Barney Poole, Ole Miss (AP-1, UP-1) *George Broadnax, Georgia Tech (AP-1, UP-2) *Jim Powell, Tennessee (AP-2, UP-1) *Abner Wimberly, LSU (AP-2) *Rebel Steiner, Alabama (UP-2) *Wallace Jones, Kentucky (AP-3) *Richard Sheffield, Tulane (AP-3) Tackles *Norman Meseroll, Tennessee (AP-1, UP-1) * Paul Lea, Tulane (AP-1, UP-2) *Porter Payne, Georgia (AP-2, UP-1) *Bob Gain, Kentucky (AP-2) *Carl Copp, Vanderbilt (UP-2) *Wayne Cantrell, Vanderbilt (AP-3) *W. Matthews, Georgia Tech (AP-3) Guards *Bill Healy, Georgia Tech (AP-1, UP-1) *Jimmy Crawford, Ole Miss (AP-1, UP-1) *Ken Cooper, Vanderbilt (AP-2) *Dennis Doyle, Tulane (AP-2) *Bernie Reid, Georgia (UP-2) *Wren Worley, LSU (UP-2) *Homer Hobbs, Georgia (AP-3) *James Vugrin, Tennessee (AP-3) Centers *Joh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Football
American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with possession of the oval-shaped football, attempts to advance down the field by running with the ball or passing it, while the defense, the team without possession of the ball, aims to stop the offense's advance and to take control of the ball for themselves. The offense must advance at least ten yards in four downs or plays; if they fail, they turn over the football to the defense, but if they succeed, they are given a new set of four downs to continue the drive. Points are scored primarily by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone for a touchdown or kicking the ball through the opponent's goalposts for a field goal. The team with the most points at the end of a game wins. American football evolved in the United States, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shorty McWilliams
Thomas Edward "Shorty" McWilliams (May 12, 1926 – January 9, 1997) was an American football player who played one season with the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the eighth round of the 1948 NFL Draft and the Los Angeles Dons in the 16th round of the 1948 AAFC Draft. He played college football at Mississippi State University and the United States Military Academy. Early years and college McWilliams attended Meridian High School in Meridian, Mississippi. McWilliams first played for the Mississippi State Bulldogs of Mississippi State University in 1944 and again from 1946 to 1948. He recorded career totals of 1,808 rushing yards and 19 rushing touchdowns for the Bulldogs. In 1944, he was an Associated Press Second Team All-American, the Southeastern Conference Player of the Year and ranked tenth in the Heisman Trophy vote. McWilliams was a First Team All- SEC selection all four years he played for the Bul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1948 College Football All-America Team
The 1948 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose College Football All-America Teams for the 1948 season. The seven selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1948 season are (1) the Associated Press, (2) the United Press, (3) the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), (4) the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), (5) the International News Service (INS), (6) the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA) and (7) ''The Sporting News''. SMU quarterback Doak Walker and Penn center Chuck Bednarik were the only players unanimously named by all seven official selectors as first-team All-Americans. Walker also won the 1948 Heisman Trophy. Competition among the All-American selectors ''Collier's Weekly'', which began picking All-American football teams in 1888, had employed Grantland Rice to select its All-American team for 22 years. After Rice wr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Press
United Press International (UPI) is an American international news agency whose newswires, photo, news film, and audio services provided news material to thousands of newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations for most of the 20th century. At its peak, it had more than 6,000 media subscribers. Since the first of several sales and staff cutbacks in 1982, and the 1999 sale of its broadcast client list to its main U.S. rival, the Associated Press, UPI has concentrated on smaller information-market niches. History Formally named United Press Associations for incorporation and legal purposes, but publicly known and identified as United Press or UP, the news agency was created by the 1907 uniting of three smaller news syndicates by the Midwest newspaper publisher E. W. Scripps. It was headed by Hugh Baillie (1890–1966) from 1935 to 1955. At the time of his retirement, UP had 2,900 clients in the United States, and 1,500 abroad. In 1958, it became United Press Interna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newspapers
A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports and art, and often include materials such as opinion columns, weather forecasts, reviews of local services, obituaries, birth notices, crosswords, editorial cartoons, comic strips, and advice columns. Most newspapers are businesses, and they pay their expenses with a mixture of subscription revenue, newsstand sales, and advertising revenue. The journalism organizations that publish newspapers are themselves often metonymically called newspapers. Newspapers have traditionally been published in print (usually on cheap, low-grade paper called newsprint). However, today most newspapers are also published on websites as online newspapers, and some have even abandoned their print versions entirely. Newspapers developed in the 17th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Associated Press
The Associated Press (AP) is an American non-profit news agency headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1846, it operates as a cooperative, unincorporated association. It produces news reports that are distributed to its members, U.S. newspapers and broadcasters. The AP has earned 56 Pulitzer Prizes, including 34 for photography, since the award was established in 1917. It is also known for publishing the widely used '' AP Stylebook''. By 2016, news collected by the AP was published and republished by more than 1,300 newspapers and broadcasters, English, Spanish, and Arabic. The AP operates 248 news bureaus in 99 countries. It also operates the AP Radio Network, which provides newscasts twice hourly for broadcast and satellite radio and television stations. Many newspapers and broadcasters outside the United States are AP subscribers, paying a fee to use AP material without being contributing members of the cooperative. As part of their cooperative agreement with the AP, most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Ziegler
Francis Richard Ziegler (October 1, 1923 – March 6, 2011) was an American football running back in the National Football League (NFL) who played five seasons for the Philadelphia Eagles The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia. The Eagles compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) East division. The team play .... Frank Ziegler started a tool company with his brother Bill after retiring from the NFL. References External links * 1923 births 2011 deaths American football running backs Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football players Philadelphia Eagles players Players of American football from Gainesville, Georgia Players of American football from College Park, Georgia {{Runningback-1920s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddie Price
Edward J. Price (September 2, 1925 – July 21, 1979) was an American football running back for the New York Giants of the National Football League. He played college football at Tulane University and was drafted in the second round of the 1950 NFL Draft. Price led the NFL in rushing in 1951. He died at his home of a heart attack at the age of 53. Price was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame The College Football Hall of Fame is a hall of fame and interactive attraction devoted to college football. The National Football Foundation (NFF) founded the Hall in 1951 to immortalize the players and coaches of college football that were vote ... in 1982. 1925 births 1979 deaths American football running backs College Football Hall of Fame inductees Eastern Conference Pro Bowl players New York Giants players Players of American football from New Orleans Tulane Green Wave football players {{runningback-1920s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harper Davis
Julius Harper Davis Jr. (December 11, 1925 – December 26, 2020) was an American football player and coach. He played professionally as a defensive back in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) and the National Football League (NFL). Davis served as the head football coach at Millsaps College from 1964 to 1988, compiling a record of 136–81–4. College career Davis played college football at Mississippi State University from 1945 until 1948. He was the Bulldogs leading scorer in 1945, 1947, and 1948 and was named MSU Best Athlete three years in a row from 1946 to 1948. Davis was named to the Associated Press, AP All-SEC team and the UPI All-South team in 1945 and the College All-Star Game in 1949. Professional career Davis was drafted in the second round of the 1949 NFL Draft by the NFL's Pittsburgh Steelers but played that year for the Los Angeles Dons of the All-America Football Conference. Following the 1949 season the AAFC merged with the NFL and all but three of the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hal Littleford
Hal Gordon Littleford Jr. (1924 – March 27, 2016) was an American football player and coach and politician. He was an all–Southeastern Conference (SEC) halfback at the University of Tennessee in 1948. Littleford served as the head football coach at East Tennessee State University in 1954 after three years there as an assistant. After retiring from coaching, he worked in real estate and served as the mayor of Johnson City, Tennessee Johnson City is a city in Washington, Carter, and Sullivan counties in the U.S. state of Tennessee, mostly in Washington County. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 71,046, making it the eighth largest city in Tennessee. Joh ..., from 1967 to 1969. Head coaching record References {{DEFAULTSORT:Littleford, Hal 1924 births 2016 deaths American football halfbacks East Tennessee State Buccaneers football coaches Tennessee Volunteers football players Tennessee Volunteers baseball players Mayors of places in Tenn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herb Rich
Richard Herbert Rich (October 7, 1928 – March 28, 2008) was an All-Pro American football Safety (American football position), safety in the National Football League (NFL) for the Baltimore Colts, Los Angeles Rams and New York Giants. Early and personal life Rich was born in Newark, New Jersey, and was Jewish. He graduated from Miami Beach High School in Florida. He was married to the former Carla Blocker, and they had a son, Jonathan, and two daughters, Terry and Tracey. The family lived in Nashville, Tennessee. College He played college football at Vanderbilt University, as well as basketball and baseball, and was president of his class. In football, he earned All-Southeastern Conference, SEC honors at tailback, rushing for 1,282 yards during the 1948–49 seasons. Professional career Rich was NFL Draft, drafted in the sixth round of the 1950 NFL Draft, and played defensive back and returned punts during his career. In his rookie season he averaged 23 yards on 12 punt return ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Geri
Joe Geri (October 20, 1924 – April 20, 2002) was an American Football quarterback-running back who played four seasons for the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Chicago Cardinals from 1949 to 1952 in the National Football League. He was a two time Pro Bowler in 1950 and 1951. He is a member of the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame. Geri played college football in the University of Georgia , mottoeng = "To teach, to serve, and to inquire into the nature of things.""To serve" was later added to the motto without changing the seal; the Latin motto directly translates as "To teach and to inquire into the nature of things." , establ ... and was drafted in the 4th round of the 1949 NFL Draft by the Steelers. Geri also played punter in his short professional career. References External linksCareer Stats [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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