Virgil George "Blood" Miller was a
college football
College football (french: Football universitaire) refers to gridiron football played by teams of student athletes. It was through college football play that American football rules first gained popularity in the United States.
Unlike most ...
player and
track and field athlete for the
Sewanee Tigers of
Sewanee: The University of the South. He later went to
Tampa
Tampa () is a city on the Gulf Coast of the U.S. state of Florida. The city's borders include the north shore of Tampa Bay and the east shore of Old Tampa Bay. Tampa is the largest city in the Tampa Bay area and the seat of Hillsborough County ...
. Miller was selected
All-Southern in 1922 by Marvin McCarthy, sporting editor of the ''Birmingham Age-Herald'', a year in which he drew praise for his work against
Oglethorpe. He won the Porter Cup as Sewanee's best all-around athlete.
References
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Sewanee Tigers football players
All-Southern college football players
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