Sumner Dewey "Tex" Tilson (July 5, 1898 – November 13, 1964) was an

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 ...

player and coach. He served as head football coach at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (VPI)—now known as

Virginia Tech Virginia Tech (formally the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and informally VT, or VPI) is a Public university, public Land-grant college, land-grant research university with its main campus in Blacksburg, Virginia. It also ...

—for one season, in 1942, compiling a record of 7–2–1. Tilson also played

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 ...

at VPI.

Biography

Tilson was born on July 5, 1898, in

Childress, Texas Childress ( ) (established 1887; incorporated 1890) is a city in Childress County, Texas, United States. The population was 6,905 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Childress County. The city and county were named in honor of Georg ...

, to William Ransom Tilson and Sallie Ellen Williams. His grandfather Granville Tilson was a cattle trader in Matador, Texas. He died in November 1964 in Virginia.

Head coaching record

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* 1898 births 1964 deaths American football guards American football tackles Virginia Tech Hokies football coaches Virginia Tech Hokies football players All-Southern college football players People from Childress, Texas People from Motley County, Texas Players of American football from Texas {{1940s-collegefootball-coach-stub