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1921 Centre Praying Colonels football team
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The 1921 Centre Praying Colonels football team represented Centre College of Danville, Kentucky in the 1921 college football season. Led by coach Charley Moran, the Praying Colonels compiled a 10–1 record, the Colonels victory in its game versus Harvard is regarded as one of the greatest upsets in college football history. Centre also played in two bowl games after the season. The Colonels defeated Arizona 38–0 in the San Diego East-West Christmas Classic before losing to Texas A&M in an upset at the Dixie Classic, the Colonels captain was Army Armstrong. McMillin was an inductee into the College Football Hall of Fame. Centre College was a college in Danville, Kentucky. From 1917 to 1924, Centre compiled a 57–8 record while playing against some of the best teams in the nation, the 1919 team first brought the Praying Colonels to national attention. In 1921, the student body numbered just 274. The Colonels had closed the 1920 season by convincingly routing Texas Christian in the Fort Worth Classic and this season they started their schedule with much stronger competition than the previous year. Several publications relay, In 1920, the slogan of Centre College was Score. In 1921 Centre changed the Score slogan to Hold Em, coach Charley Moran used a single wing system like his former mentor Pop Warner. Tiny Thornill, a former Pitt star under Warner, and future Stanford head coach, in 1921, football used a one-platoon system, with players featuring on both offense, defense, and special teams. Center Red Weaver, who had posted record numbers for placekicking extra points, Centre opened the season with a 14–0 victory over the Clemson Tigers. A 7-yard run behind left tackle from Tom Bartlett got the first touchdown, McMillin skirted right end for the games other score. The starting lineup was, Bradley, Roberts, Jones, Kubale, Cregor, James, Gordy, McMillin, Bartlett, Armstrong, the next week was a 14–0 victory over VPI. Centre scored both touchdowns in the final quarter and they were scored in rapid succession by Tanner and Armstrong. The starting lineup was, Bradley, Roberts, Jones, Kubale, Cregor, James, Gordy, McMillin, Bartlett, Armstrong, next was a 28–6 victory over Saint Xavier of Cincinnati. This game marked the time during the regular season that Centre gave up any points to an opponent. The Saints outplayed the Colonels in the first half, herb Davis recovered a fumble for a touchdown
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College football
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It was through college football play that American football rules first gained popularity in the United States. No minor league farm organizations exist in American football and it is in college football where a players performance directly impacts his chances of playing professional football. The best collegiate players will declare for the professional draft after 3 to 4 years of collegiate competition. Those not selected can still attempt to land an NFL roster spot as a free agent. Even after the emergence of the professional National Football League, college football remained extremely popular throughout the U. S, in many cases, college stadiums employ bench-style seating, as opposed to individual seats with backs and arm rests. This allows them to more fans in a given amount of space than the typical professional stadium. College athletes, unlike players in the NFL, are not permitted by the NCAA to be paid salaries, colleges are only allowed to provide non-monetary compensation such as athletic scholarships that provide for tuition, housing, and books. Modern North American football has its origins in various games, all known as football, by the 1840s, students at Rugby School were playing a game in which players were able to pick up the ball and run with it, a sport later known as Rugby football. The game was taken to Canada by British soldiers stationed there and was soon being played at Canadian colleges, the first documented gridiron football match was a game played at University College, a college of the University of Toronto, November 9,1861. One of the participants in the game involving University of Toronto students was William Mulock, a football club was formed at the university soon afterward, although its rules of play at this stage are unclear. In 1864, at Trinity College, also a college of the University of Toronto, F. Barlow Cumberland, modern Canadian football is widely regarded as having originated with a game played in Montreal, in 1865, when British Army officers played local civilians. The game gradually gained a following, and the Montreal Football Club was formed in 1868, early games appear to have had much in common with the traditional mob football played in England. The games remained largely unorganized until the 19th century, when games of football began to be played on college campuses. Each school played its own variety of football, Princeton University students played a game called ballown as early as 1820. A Harvard tradition known as Bloody Monday began in 1827, which consisted of a mass ballgame between the freshman and sophomore classes, in 1860, both the town police and the college authorities agreed the Bloody Monday had to go. The Harvard students responded by going into mourning for a figure called Football Fightum. The authorities held firm and it was a dozen years before football was again played at Harvard. Dartmouth played its own version called Old division football, the rules of which were first published in 1871, all of these games, and others, shared certain commonalities
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Fair Park
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Fair Park is a 277-acre recreational and educational complex located in Dallas, Texas. The area, which is immediately southeast of downtown Dallas, is registered as a Dallas Landmark, many of the buildings were constructed for the Texas Centennial Exposition in 1936. Fair Park has been designated a Great Place in America by the American Planning Association, the site was established as an 80-acre fairground on the outskirts of East Dallas for the Dallas State Fair in 1886. In 1904, after a fire and financial loss by the fair association and it became Dallas second public park and became known as Fair Park. An important figure in Fair Parks development was landscape architect and city planner George Kessler, in 1906, he was responsible for the first formal plan for the park influenced by the City Beautiful Movement. The City Beautiful Movement advocated well planned public spaces, tree-lined boulevards, monuments, public art, a milestone in Fair Parks history was 1936, when the Texas Centennial Exposition was held there. In preparation for the event, the appearance of the park was dramatically altered by architect George Dahl. The park was transformed from an early 20th-century fairground into an Art Deco showcase, while many of the expositions buildings were meant to be temporary, several have survived and have been restored to some extent. Over the years the park was expanded to its current 277 acres, Fair Park was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1986 and in 1988 administration of the park was transferred to the Dallas Parks Department. Today, the facilities and annual events attract an unsubstantiated estimate of 5 million visitors annually. Many of the art deco buildings have been restored visually to their 1936 appearance. In anticipation of DARTs light rail service the historic Parry Avenue entrance gates were restored in 2009, the four cameo reliefs on Centennial Building underwent a professional conservation treatment in 2000 and the Esplanade fountain pylons and six monumental sculptures in 2004. Several sculptures were reconstructed and feature a light and water show. In 2003, the Fair Park Comprehensive Development plan was produced by Hargreaves Associates and this comprehensive plan included recommendations for the physical site, park programs, activities, funding options, and management alternatives. The park received a $72 million city bond allocation in 2006 for repairs, in September 2014, a blue ribbon task force appointed by Mayor Mike Rawlings submitted a report on the rejuvenation of Fair Park. In March 2015, the State Fair pushed back on any notion of tightening up the footprint of its current operation, wilonsky also quoted a ‘prominent member of the Mayors Task Force’ as suggesting privately that the State Fairs presence at Fair Park also needs to be greatly reduced. Under the Mayors plan, the city would own the 277-acre site. Many Dallas cultural institutions call Fair Park home, Hall of State The Hall of State is managed by the Dallas Historical Society, which hosts exhibits inside about Dallas history and culture
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Traditions of Texas A&M University
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The traditions of Texas A&M University are a key aspect of the culture of Texas A&M University. Some of the traditions date to the 1890s, shortly after the opening of the school. The most visible tradition among senior class students and alumni is the wearing of the Aggie Ring, not all Aggie traditions are recognized by the university, and some, like Bonfire, have been discontinued for safety reasons. Texas Monthly states that the respect for school traditions and values is the universitys greatest strength. Incoming students are generally first exposed to traditions when they are greeted with the official Texas A&M greeting Howdy, since the 1950s, incoming students have been offered orientations, led by current students, which teach the various traditions, songs, and yells in current use. On campus, the Texas A&M University Corps of Cadets is known as the Keepers of the Spirit for its defense of Aggie traditions. A subset of the Corps, the Fightin Texas Aggie Band, is the marching band of the university. Many school traditions revolve around sporting events, especially football, before games, university yell leaders host yell practice, similar to other schools pep rallies. Instead of cheers, students learn yells, since 1922, students, known as the 12th Man, stand throughout football games, symbolizing their willingness to step in and assist the team. The official mascot, a dog named Reveille, is present at most official university activities, current students and alumni at Texas A&M University, nicknamed Aggies after the schools agricultural roots, are known for their loyalty and respect for their alma mater. They cultivate the Aggie Spirit through an almost religious devotion to the traditions of the school, as Texas Monthly noted, Every Aggie is a self-appointed guardian of the Aggie spirit, eternally on the alert for signs of slippage. To Aggies, Texas A&M is not just a university but a. family. defined and united by a unique culture, the school song is titled The Spirit of Aggieland, and proclaims in its first verse that the spirit can neer be told. The Texas A&M culture is a product of the founding as a rural military. This respect for Aggie traditions and values is the universitys greatest strength, many of these traditions are part of what Aggies call The Other Education, activities designed to make students well-rounded and moral, ethical people. Students who attend Texas A&M feel that they receive more from Texas A&M than just the knowledge one acquires from the formal classroom, freshmen are introduced to these traditions and to the Aggie spirit at Fish Camp, a four-day extended orientation retreat held during the summer. Fish Camp began in 1954 as a camping trip involving several new students and Gordon Gay. The program has evolved to accommodate approximately 70% of incoming freshmen. The program has been emulated by several schools, including Virginia Tech, in 1987, Texas A&M established a parallel orientation for summer and fall transfer students called Transfer Camp, or T-Camp
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12th man (football)
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The 12th man or 12th player is a term for fans of teams in eleven-a-side sports games, particularly American football or association football. Infrequently, the term has referred to individuals having a connection to their football team. In Canadian football,12 players are usually on the field at one time, similarly, in Australian rules football,18 players are on the field and the fans are often referred to as the 19th man. The term has a different meaning in cricket, referring instead to the first substitute player who fields when a member of the side is injured. The presence of fans can have a impact on how the teams perform. Namely, the team fans would like to see their team win the game. Noises are made by shouting, whistling, stomping and various other techniques, sometimes, the sideline is also referred to as the 12th man or 12th defender. Since a player is considered down when he out of bounds. This usage is less common than the one referring to the fans, the term can also be construed as implying that the referee is not impartial. Later, in the November 1912 edition of The Iowa Alumnus, McGowan described the 1903 game between Iowa and the University of Illinois. In his article, titled The Twelfth Player McGowan wrote, The eleven men had done their best, an early reference to the numerical 12th Man term occurred at the 1922 Dixie Classic, featuring Centre College and The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. During the game, A&M coach Dana X, bible realized that one more injury would leave him without another backfield player to send into the game. Bible sent for Gill and asked for him to suit up, Gill later said, I wish I could say that I went in and ran for the winning touchdown, but I did not. I simply stood by in case my team needed me, although he did not actually play in the game, his readiness to play was noted. Other individuals have occasionally been labeled by media as the Twelfth Man of their team. As it turned out it was not Mesko but George Larsen of Cranford and it was he who, midway through the fourth period that tingling afternoon, left the other 55,999 spectators in their seats to assist the Dartmouth Indians in a determined goal-line stand. It was he who lined up with the Hanoverians on the two yard stripe and prevented Jack White from scoring - and White boasted interference from the likes of Johnny Weller and Homer Spofford. It was the twelfth man who, though escorted unceremoniously off the field and out of the stadium without further ado
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Texas A&M Aggies football
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The Texas A&M Aggies football program represents Texas A&M University in the sport of American football. The Aggies compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, Texas A&M football claims three national titles and eighteen conference titles. The team plays all games at the newly redeveloped Kyle Field. Kevin Sumlin is currently the head coach. Texas A&M first fielded a team in 1894, under the direction of head coach F. D. Perkins. The team compiled a 1–1 record, W. A. Murray served as A&Ms head coach from 1899-1901, compiling a record of 7–8–1. From 1902-1904, J. E. Platt served as A&Ms head coach, from 1909-1914, A&M compiled a 38–8–4 record under head coach Charley Moran. Morans 1909 team finished undefeated, and all but one of Morans other seasons the Aggies only lost one each year. Under head coach Edwin Harlan, the Aggies compiled a record of 12–5 in two seasons and joined the Southwest Conference, Bible became Texas A&Ms head coach in 1919, leaving LSU, and under his tutelage the Aggies compiled a record of 72–19–9 in ten seasons. In the 1922 Dixie Classic, Bible made his most visible, Bible had a roster of only eighteen players, who had to play both offense and defense against the heavily favored Centre College. He lost three players to early in the game, but the Aggies took the lead. The Aggies wouldnt need Gills help to win, but since then A&M students stand throughout football games to show their willingness to play if needed, Bible departed the Aggies after the 1928 season to accept the Nebraska head coaching position. After Bibles departure, A&M brought in Matty Bell from TCU to lead the Aggies football program, under Bells tutelage, the Aggies compiled a record of 24–21–3. However, the Aggies did not play up to the set by Dana Bibles tenure. Homer Norton was hired away from Centenary to replace Bell in 1934, A&M enjoyed great successes under Norton. The 1939 Texas A&M team went 11–0, beating Tulane in the Sugar Bowl, nortons record at Texas A&M was 82–53–9, giving him the second most wins of any coach in Texas A&M Aggies football history. Among the many stars that Norton developed were John Kimbrough and Joe Routt, Norton was fired in 1947 when his team went 3–6–1 and lost to archrival Texas for the eighth straight year. In December 1947, Harry Stiteler was promoted from running backs coach to coach for the Texas A&M football team following the firing of Homer Norton
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Dallas
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Dallas is a major city in the U. S. state of Texas. It is the most populous city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the citys population ranks ninth in the U. S. and third in Texas after Houston and San Antonio. The citys prominence arose from its importance as a center for the oil and cotton industries. The bulk of the city is in Dallas County, of which it is the county seat, however, sections of the city are located in Collin, Denton, Kaufman, and Rockwall counties. According to the 2010 United States Census, the city had a population of 1,197,816, the United States Census Bureaus estimate for the citys population increased to 1,300,092 as of July 1,2015. In 2016 DFW ascended to the one spot in the nation in year-over-year population growth. In 2014, the metropolitan economy surpassed Washington, D. C. to become the fifth largest in the U. S. with a 2014 real GDP over $504 billion, as such, the metropolitan areas economy is the 10th largest in the world. As of January 2017, the job count has increased to 3,558,200 jobs. The citys economy is based on banking, commerce, telecommunications, technology, energy, healthcare and medical research. The city is home to the third-largest concentration of Fortune 500 companies in the nation. Located in North Texas, Dallas is the core of the largest metropolitan area in the South. Dallas and nearby Fort Worth were developed due to the construction of railroad lines through the area allowing access to cotton, cattle. Later, France also claimed the area but never established much settlement, the area remained under Spanish rule until 1821, when Mexico declared independence from Spain, and the area was considered part of the Mexican state of Coahuila y Tejas. In 1836, the Republic of Texas, with majority Anglo-American settlers, in 1839, Warren Angus Ferris surveyed the area around present-day Dallas. John Neely Bryan established a permanent settlement near the Trinity River named Dallas in 1841, the origin of the name is uncertain. The Republic of Texas was annexed by the United States in 1845, Dallas was formally incorporated as a city on February 2,1856. With construction of railroads, Dallas became a business and trading center and it became an industrial city, attracting workers from Texas, the South and the Midwest. The Praetorian Building of 15 stories, built in 1909, was the first skyscraper west of the Mississippi and it marked the prominence of Dallas as a city
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Southwest Conference
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The Southwest Conference was an NCAA Division I college athletic conference in the United States that existed from 1914 to 1996. Composed primarily of schools from Texas, at times the conference included schools from Oklahoma. After a long period of stability, Arkansas left in 1991 to join the Southeastern Conference, by March 1,1914 a number of schools had responded favorably to the idea. The first organizational meeting of the conference was set to be held on April 30,1914, the date was changed because representatives from every school could not make it then. It was ultimately held on May 5 and 7,1914 at the Oriental Hotel in Dallas, Texas and it was chaired by L. Theo Bellmont. Originally, Bellmont wanted Louisiana State University and the University of Mississippi to join the conference as well, the Southwest Intercollegiate Athletic Conference became an official body on December 8,1914, at a formal meeting at the Rice Hotel in Houston. Rice University left the conference in 1916, only to re-join in 1918, phillips University was a conference member for one year. Oklahoma left in 1919 to join the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association, however, the series between Texas and Oklahoma would continue as a non-conference matchup in the annual Red River Rivalry game held in Dallas. From 1925 until 1991, the University of Arkansas would be the only member not located within the state of Texas. By 1925, the name was shortened to simply Southwest Conference. After its organizational years, the conference settled into regularly scheduled meetings among its members, the SWC would be guided by seven commissioners, the first of whom, P. W. St. Clair, was appointed in 1938. In 1940, the conference took control of the then five-year-old Cotton Bowl Classic, Texas Technological College joined the SWC in 1958, followed by the University of Houston for the 1976 season. The conference celebrated its glory years in the 1960s, dominated by two teams, Texas and Arkansas. Texas won the 1963 National Championship, and Arkansas won a National Championship in 1964 in the Football Writers Association of America, in 1969, Texas won another National Championship by beating #2-ranked Arkansas 15-14 in the regular seasons final game. The 1969 Arkansas-Texas game in Fayetteville, Arkansas, attended by President Richard Nixon, is counted among the greatest college football games ever played. Texas also won the 1970 United Press International National Championship, which until 1974 was awarded prior to the bowl games, opponents usually were the runners-up from the Big 8 Conference or the Southeastern Conference, although independents Penn State and Notre Dame were also often featured. From the 1940s onward, the Cotton Bowl Classic was counted among the four bowl games. However, in the 1990s, the game declined in importance, in 1977, Notre Dame became the last team to win a national championship in the Cotton Bowl Classic by beating Texas in the January 1978 game
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Ernest C. Quigley
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Ernest Cosmos Quigley was a Canadian-born American sports official who became notable both as a basketball referee and as an umpire in Major League Baseball. He also worked as an American football coach and official, born in Canada and raised in Concordia, Kansas, Quigley attended college and law school at the University of Kansas. There he played basketball under the games inventor, James Naismith. He became the football coach at Kansas Wesleyan University and then the athletic director at the University of Kansas. Quigley refereed college basketball for 40 years and umpired more than 3,000 Major League Baseball games, as a college football official, he worked in several bowl games and served on the Rules Committee of the NCAA for several years. Quigley died in Kansas in 1960, Quigley was born in Newcastle, New Brunswick, and was raised in Concordia, Kansas where he was a prominent member of the high school football team in the 1890s. Quigley was a student of basketball inventor James Naismith at the University of Kansas. After graduating he served as a coach, teacher and athletic director at St. Marys College in St. Marys, Kansas from 1903 until 1912, while also attending law school at the University of Kansas. Quigley was the head football coach for the Kansas Wesleyan University Coyotes located in Salina, Kansas and he held that position for the 1919 season. The team lost its one-game on November 22,1919 against Fort Hays State University by a score of 26 to 0. In 1944, Quigley became the director at the University of Kansas, where he hired coaches George Sauer, Jules V. Sikes. Quigley officiated at more than 1,500 collegiate and Amateur Athletic Union games during his 40-year career, rather than using his whistle, the small-statured Quigley often used his high-pitched voice to command attention in supervising play. In 1944 he became director at Kansas, serving until 1950. He was enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1961 and he also participated in a 1928 baseball tour of Japan, and later became an NL supervisor of umpires. After a 1933 game, Quigley was found unconscious by partner George Barr following a shock from an exposed wire. His 3,351 games as an umpire ranked seventh in league history when he retired. Quigley Field, the University of Kansas first baseball stadium, was named after him, Quigley also served as an official in major college football contests including the Army–Navy Game, five Harvard–Yale games, the Michigan–Illinois game, three Rose Bowls, and the Cotton Bowl Classic. He was a member of the NCAAs Rules Committee from 1946 to 1954, Quigley married Marge Darlington in Concordia
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1921 college football season
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Only California, Cornell, and Lafayette claim national championships for the 1921 season. Andy Smiths Pacific Coast Conference champion Wonder Team at California continued on its streak since 1920, eastern power Cornell was coached by Gil Dobie and led by one of the sports great backfields with George Pfann, Eddie Kaw, Floyd Ramsey, and Charles E. Cassidy. Jock Sutherlands Lafayette Maroons were led on the line by Frank Schwab, big Ten champion Iowa upset Notre Dame 10–7. 1921 was the last season for the old Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association, vanderbilt tied co-champion Georgia on an onside kick. On October 6, Centre upset Harvard 6–0 in what is considered one of the greatest upsets in college football history. Overjoyed students painted the impossible formula C6H0 on everything in sight, Georgia Tech also claimed a conference title. The 1922 Rose Bowl was fought to a tie, between California and Washington & Jefferson, in the last Rose Bowl to be played at Tournament Park. W&J is the smallest school to play in a Rose Bowl. Pittsburgh football game, the first college game to be broadcast live on radio. Today, college football on radio is common for every game in every division. On October 29, Centre College beat Harvard 6 to 0 in what is considered one of the greatest upsets in college football history. Overjoyed students painted the impossible formula C6H0 on everything in sight, in the 1922 Rose Bowl, the heavily favored California Golden Bears played Washington & Jefferson to a scoreless tie
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Red Roberts (American football)
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This is an article about the college football coach. For the baseball player, see Red Roberts, james Madison Red Roberts was an American football player and coach. He played football for the Centre Praying Colonels in Danville, Kentucky, Roberts was thrice selected All-Southern, and a unanimous choice for the Associated Press Southeast Area All-Time football team 1869-1919 era. After college Roberts, played in the early National Football League for the Toledo Maroons and he also played in the first American Football League for the Cleveland Panthers. He later made a run for the office of Governor of Kentucky as a Democrat in 1931, Roberts entered Centre in 1918, and was the most prominent Kentucky native on the 9–01919 team and the 1921 team which upset Harvard. Roberts once saved Roscoe Brumfield, the Centre College mascot, after someone pushed him into the lake and he could not swim and went down the second time. Roberts played fullback and end for the Centre Colonels football team along with such teammates as Army Armstrong, Bo McMillin, Red Weaver, Sully Montgomery, Roberts was chosen as end on Centres all-time football team chosen in 1935. He was 62 and 235 pounds, the team posted a 7–1 record in 1917, ostensibly so good that Myers needed a better coach and hired Charley Moran. McMillin scored the one 32-yard touchdown of the Harvard game, after a scoreless half and early in the third quarter, Roberts told McMillin its time to score, ride my hump, and McMillin rushed for the lone touchdown of the game. He also scored the first touchdown in the 35 to 14 loss to Harvard the previous year, Roberts received Camps honorable mention in 1922. Roberts gave his blood to save his sister, Roberts was the head football coach at Waynesburg University for the 1923 season. His coaching record at Waynesburg was 3–4–1, Roberts died at 1 p. m. on June 27,1945 from burns suffered when a fire broke out on the third floor of the Cumberland Hotel in Middlesboro, Kentucky where he was the manager. Mrs. Roberts apparently fell asleep on the living room couch after his guest had left, she said, Roberts wife said the flash seemed to come from an electrical fixture in the room. She said she ran into the room to bring Roberts out, Stats according to profootballreference. com Stats according to databasefootball. com
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Terry Snoddy
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Hall Terry Snoddy also known as Terry Snowday was a college football player. Hall Terry Snoddy was born on March 18,1899 in Owensboro, Kentucky to Carey Snoddy, Snoddy was a prominent end and halfback for the Centre Praying Colonels of Centre College in Danville, Kentucky, a member of two of its most famous teams in 1919 and 1921. Snoddy was selected to at least one All-Southern team every year he played, the 1919 team went undefeated and was named a national champion by Sagarin. The 1921 team beat Harvard 6–0 in one of the greatest upsets in football history. One account reads Snoddy, Centres left halfback, was literally a John-on-the-spot in getting under the ball, and it was Snoddy who gained when the gaining counted, by his superior speed. The Colonels then played a bowl game against Texas A&M known as the 1922 Dixie Classic. Snoddy scored Centres first touchdown in the game, Centre would lose 22 to 14. In 1922 he changed his name to Snowday, the original Scotch spelling
