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Porter Cup (trophy)
The Porter Cup was a sterling silver loving cup trophy once awarded by the Porter Clothing Company to the best all-around athlete from a major southern university, including the University of Alabama, Birmingham-Southern College, Tulane and Tennessee's three major universities: Vanderbilt, Sewanee and Tennessee. The three in Tennessee were given by Alf Porter, and Alabama's was given by Henry Porter Loving. Alabama's is thus also called the "Porter Loving Cup". List of trophy winners The following is an incomplete list of winners since the award started shortly after the First World War: See also * Norris Cup The Norris Cup was a trophy awarded by the Norris Candy Company to the best all around athlete at several North Carolina colleges. Jack McDowall won it twice. List of trophy winners The following is a list of winners. See also * Porter Cup (t ... References College football awards {{collegefootball-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern United States
The Southern United States (sometimes Dixie, also referred to as the Southern States, the American South, the Southland, or simply the South) is a geographic and cultural region of the United States of America. It is between the Atlantic Ocean and the Western United States, with the Midwestern and Northeastern United States to its north and the Gulf of Mexico and Mexico to its south. Historically, the South was defined as all states south of the 18th century Mason–Dixon line, the Ohio River, and 36°30′ parallel.The South . ''Britannica.com''. Retrieved June 5, 2021. Within the South are different subregions, such as the |
Al Clemens
Albert Hobson "Silent Al" Clemens (November 1, 1898 – May 19, 1993) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach and college athletics administrator. Playing career Clemens played football, basketball, and baseball at the University of Alabama. He also threw the javelin on the track team. Football Clemens was a prominent end for the Alabama Crimson Tide football team. He was captain of the 1921 team under Xen C. Scott Xenophon Cole "Xen" Scott (July 6, 1882 – April 21, 1924) was an American football player, coach of football, basketball, and baseball, and a sportswriter. He served as the head football coach at Western Reserve University in 1910, at the Cas ... and again captain of the 1923 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, 1923 team—the first season under Wallace Wade. 1920 Clemens was chosen 1920 College Football All-Southern Team, All-Southern in 1920 by various selectors. 1921 Clemens was one of only two returning starters in 1921, servin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Barnhill (American Football)
John Henry "Barnie" Barnhill (February 23, 1903 – October 21, 1973) was an American football player and coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head coach at the University of Tennessee (1941–1945) and the University of Arkansas (1946–1949), compiling a record of 54–22–5. Tennessee Barnhill was an All-Southern lineman under coach Robert Neyland at the University of Tennessee, including the SoCon champion 1927 team. As a player, he weighed 175 pounds. Coaching and administrative career Barnhill was the head coach for the University of Tennessee for four seasons from 1941 to 1945. He coached the team during World War II, managing the squad during the absence of General Robert Neyland, who left for the war. During that period he led Tennessee to a record of 32–5–2. In 1946, after Neyland's return to Tennessee, Barnhill was hired by the University of Arkansas as both head football coach and athletic director. Barnhill gave up the head coaching po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orin Helvey
Orin Greenhill "Mount" Helvey (November 6, 1903 – March 3, 1969) was a college football player and reverend. Sewanee "Mount" Helvey was a prominent Guard (American football), guard and Fullback (American football), fullback for the Sewanee Tigers football teams from 1923 Sewanee Tigers football team, 1923 to 1926 Sewanee Tigers football team, 1926. Helvey also played basketball and ran track and field, track. 1926 He was selected College Football All-Southern Team, All-Southern in 1926. That year, he "attracted considerable attention for his fine defensive play during the season". Arguably the finest example was holding champion 1926 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Alabama to a 2–0 score largely by his efforts. Helvey was awarded the Porter Cup as Sewanee's best all-around athlete in 1927. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Helvey, Orin Players of American football from Oklahoma All-Southern college football players American football guards American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Pepper
Raymond Watson Pepper (August 5, 1905 – March 24, 1996) was a Major League Baseball outfielder. He played all or part of five seasons in the majors, from until , for the St. Louis Cardinals and St. Louis Browns. Pepper's only season as a regular was , when he finished 10th in the American League in runs batted in A run batted in (RBI; plural RBIs ) is a statistic in baseball and softball that credits a batter for making a play that allows a run to be scored (except in certain situations such as when an error is made on the play). For example, if the bat ... with 101 and batted .298. However, he only had 69 RBI in the rest of his career combined. Pepper holds the record for the least RBIs in a career for a player with a 100 RBI season. References External links * Major League Baseball outfielders St. Louis Cardinals players St. Louis Browns players Marshalltown Ansons players Topeka Jayhawks players Laurel Cardinals players Fort Wayne Chiefs players Rochester ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delmas Gooch
Robert Delmas "Del" Gooch (March 10, 1905 – December 1968) was a college football player. Sewanee Gooch was a prominent end for the Sewanee Tigers football teams of Sewanee:The University of the South. At Sewanee he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon. He was picked for an all-time Sewanee team, which noted how Gooch would "slash through enemy interference to tackle his man viciously." In his senior year, Gooch was awarded the Porter Cup of the Porter Clothing Company as his university's best all-around athlete. He also appears on Billy Evans William George Evans (February 10, 1884 – January 23, 1956), nicknamed "The Boy Umpire", was an American umpire in Major League Baseball who worked in the American League from 1906 to 1927. He became, at age 22, the youngest umpire in majo ...'s "Southern Honor Roll." References External links * 1905 births 1968 deaths Players of American football from Louisiana People from Patterson, Louisiana Sewanee Tigers fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George H
George may refer to: People * George (given name) * George (surname) * George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George * George Washington, First President of the United States * George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States * George H. W. Bush, 41st President of the United States * George V, King of Great Britain, Ireland, the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 1910-1936 * George VI, King of Great Britain, Ireland, the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 1936-1952 * Prince George of Wales * George Papagheorghe also known as Jorge / GEØRGE * George, stage name of Giorgio Moroder * George Harrison, an English musician and singer-songwriter Places South Africa * George, Western Cape ** George Airport United States * George, Iowa * George, Missouri * George, Washington * George County, Mississippi * George Air Force Base, a former U.S. Air Force base located in California Characters * George (Peppa Pig), a 2-year-old ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lester Lautenschlaeger
Lester Joseph Lautenschlaeger (May 27, 1904 – August 5, 1986) was an American football player and coach and politician. He played at the quarterback position at Tulane University from 1922 to 1925, served as an assistant football coach at Tulane from 1929 to 1935, and served in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1928 to 1932. He was inducted to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1975, the Tulane Athletics Hall of Fame in 1977, and the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame in 1983. Early years Lautenschlaeger was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1904. Tulane University Athlete Lautenschlaeger enrolled at Tulane University in New Orleans in 1922 and played for the Tulane Green Wave football team from 1922 to 1925. In 1922, he was selected by head coach Clark Shaughnessy to play quarterback. That year, he returned a kickoff 95 yards for a touchdown against North Carolina. With Lautenschlaeger as the starting quarterback, the Tulane football team lost only one game in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gil Reese
David Argillus "Gil" Reese (January 14, 1901 – May 30, 1993) nicknamed "The Tupelo Flash" was an American football, basketball, and baseball player for the Vanderbilt Commodores of Vanderbilt University. He was captain of all three his senior year, the first to do so at Vanderbilt. Gil was the brother of baseball player Andy Reese, playing with him on the Florence Independents in Alabama. Early years Gil was born on January 14, 1901 in Tupelo, Mississippi, attended and played sports at Tupelo High School with his brother Andy. Vanderbilt University Reese attended Vanderbilt University in Nashville. He was a member of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. Reese received the Bachelor of Ugliness his senior year. Football Reese played for coach Dan McGugin's Vanderbilt Commodores football teams from 1922 to 1925. Gil was a prominent member of Commodores teams that compiled a win–loss–tie record of 26–5–3 () over his four seasons, including two Southern Conference titles. Gil wei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clyde Propst
Ralph Clyde "Shorty" Propst (May 12, 1898 – October 13, 1959) was an American college football player and coach. He served as head coach at both Howard and Southwestern from 1934 to 1937. During his tenure as a head coach, Propst had an overall record of 19 wins, 14 losses and 6 ties (19–14–6). Playing career Propst was a prominent center for the Alabama Crimson Tide football teams of the University of Alabama coached by Xen C. Scott and Wallace Wade. In three different years he was selected All-Southern. He recovered Pooley Hubert's fumble in the endzone which was the deciding score in the 9 to 7 victory over Penn in 1922, arguably the biggest win in the era of Scott's coaching tenure. He won the Porter Loving Cup three times. He also played center on Alabama's basketball team. Coaching career After he graduated from Alabama, Propst began his coaching career under Wallace Wade with the Crimson Tide in 1925. At Alabama, Propst served as an assistant with the varsity i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oliver Kuhn
Oliver Wall Kuhn (August 14, 1898 – October 8, 1968), nicknamed "Doc Kuhn", was an American football, baseball and basketball player for the Vanderbilt University Commodores and later a prominent businessman of Tampa, Florida. As a college football quarterback, Kuhn led Vanderbilt to three consecutive Southern titles in 1921, 1922, and 1923 – the most-recent conference titles for Vanderbilt football. In 1922, Vanderbilt tied Michigan at the dedication of Dudley Field, and Kuhn was picked for Walter Camp's list of names worthy of mention and Billy Evans' All-America "National Honor Roll." During his senior year, Kuhn was the captain of Vanderbilt's football and basketball teams and received the Porter Cup, awarded to Vanderbilt's best all-around athlete. Kuhn played guard on the basketball team and was a shortstop on the baseball team which won a 1921 conference championship. He was selected All-Southern in baseball in 1921 and 1922. Kuhn moved to Tampa after graduat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roe Campbell
Lacy Roe Campbell (January 4, 1900 – December 27, 1988) was an American athlete and banking executive from Tennessee who achieved honors and awards in multiple sports. He played American football and basketball for the Tennessee Volunteers of the University of Tennessee and won the Porter Cup as best all-around athlete at the University. After a successful banking career in Knoxville Campbell became interested in playing tennis at age 48 and pioneered senior tennis tournaments in the United States. He was inducted into the Tennessee Tennis Hall of Fame in 1992. Early years Campbell was born on January 4, 1900, to Jefferson Davis Campbell and Louise Truin in a rural part of Washington County, Tennessee. His mother was the daughter of Swiss immigrants and an avid painter. He was raised in Greene County and attended Tusculum College (now Tusculum University) in east Tennessee near Greeenville for one year before transferring to the University of Tennessee. For his performance at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
