William Phillip Connell (August 24, 1874 – February 13, 1932) was a college football player and later a prominent business man of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.[1]
Phil Connell | |
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| Born | William Phillip Connell August 24, 1874 |
| Died | February 13, 1932 (aged 57) |
| Occupation | business man |
| College football career | |
| Vanderbilt Commodores | |
| Position | Fullback/Halfback |
| Class | 1896 |
| Career history | |
| College | Vanderbilt (1892–1897) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Vanderbilt University
editHe was a running back for the Vanderbilt Commodores football team of Vanderbilt University.[2] Considered one of the sport's early greats,[3][4] he was picked for an all-time Vanderbilt team in 1912.[5] Connell was captain of the 1895 and 1896 teams.
1892
editThe oldest team in the memory of Grantland Rice was the 1892 team. Rice claimed Connell then would be a good player in any era.[6]
1894
editConnel featured in Vanderbilt's first ever defeat of Ole Miss in 1894, giving the school its only loss of the season by the score of 40 to 0.[7]
1895
editConnell was selected as a substitute for the All-Southern team.[3]
1897
editHe and captain Howard Boogher dove to recover the ball after the victory in the school's rivalry game with Sewanee in 1897.[8] Vanderbilt allowed no points on the season and split a claim to the championship of the south when it held Virginia to a scoreless tie.[9] Casper Whitney said he was the South's finest football player.[10]
Connell won Bachelor of Ugliness.
References
edit- ^ Vanderbilt University (1906). "Non Graduate Members of '96". Vanderbilt University Quarterly. 6: 141–143.
- ^ cf. Vanderbilt University (1906). "The "Famous" Class of '96". Vanderbilt University Quarterly. 6: 246–248.
- ^ a b "[No title]". The Daily Tar Heel. April 18, 1896. p. 4. Retrieved March 14, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ cf. "High School Defeats Normal". The Courier-Journal. November 30, 1900. p. 6. Retrieved April 12, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Vanderbilt University (1913). Vanderbilt University Quarterly. Vol. 13. p. 56.
- ^ Grantland Rice (November 24, 1937). "Two of Year's Outstanding Games in South This Week". Lincoln Evening Journal. p. 12. Retrieved May 13, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Seventh Province". The Sigma Chi Quarterly: 167–168. 1895.
- ^ Bill Traughber (September 14, 2011). "Vandy Students' 1897 cheer banned". Archived from the original on November 20, 2015. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
- ^ Bill Traughber (October 11, 2006). "Vandy Shuts Out 1897 Opponents".
- ^ "The Football Teams of the South". The Courier-Journal. October 2, 1898. p. 18. Retrieved August 14, 2008 – via Newspapers.com.
