Gil Reese
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David Argillus "Gil" Reese 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 hi
The Wolverines chasing after Reese in 1922
Fair Park Stadium, place of the Texas game, circa 1922
Reese's 81-yard touchdown against Georgia
Reese in uniform on the sidelines
Lynn Bomar
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Robert Lynn Bomar was an American National Football League end. Bomar played college football, basketball and baseball for Vanderbilt University, following coach Wallace Wade and classmate Hek Wakefie
Gil Reese
…through the middle from Doc Kuhn, Reese jetted around the end, "slipping here, twirling there," for a 46-yard touchdown. In the second half, Neely hit Lynn Bomar on a long pass that went twenty-three yards in the air, with Bomar running for some twenty more and down close to the goal. Reese ran it in on the next…
Bomar ("the Blonde Bear") at Vanderbilt around 1922
1920 Tennessee prep-school basketball champions; Wallace Wade is in the back, and Bomar is in the middle of the back row.
Bomar's touchdown against Alabama
Bomar kicking off the dedication of Dudley Field against Michigan