Oscar Luther "Puss" Derrick (November 29, 1883 – July, 1965) was a

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player.

Clemson College

Derrick was a lineman for the

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from

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, selected All-Southern every year he played.e. g. Derrick was still mentioned for an all-time Clemson team in 1960.

1903

He was a member of

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's SIAA champion 1903 team with the likes of

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and Carl Sitton

1905

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, a year in which Derrick was

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sums up Derrick's play; he "is a veteran player who, by steady improvement has put himself in the first rank of linesmen. He was the mainstay of the Clemson season and no other Southern player could so satisfactorily fill this important position; hence, to balance the team and utilize the best of the material available, he is shifted from

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to guard."

References

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