Walker Leach

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Walker Leach
Profile
PositionHalfback/End
Personal information
Born(1888-07-22)July 22, 1888
Virginia, U.S.
DiedJanuary 2, 1944(1944-01-02) (aged 55)
Tennessee, U.S.
Career information
CollegeTennessee (1905–1908)
Awards and highlights

John Walker Leach (July 22, 1888 – January 2, 1944) was a college football player.

University of Tennessee

He was a prominent, halfback, end and kicker for the Tennessee Volunteers of the University of Tennessee. At Tennessee, he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon. He was once appointed alumni member of the Tennessee Athletic Council.[1] He was nominated though not selected for an Associated Press All-Time Southeast 1869-1919 era team.[2] In 1915, John Heisman selected his 30 greatest Southern football players. Leach was the only selection from Tennessee.[3]

1907

Leach played at end in 1907.

1908

Leach was captain of the school's 1908 team which was widely considered the best Tennessee football season up to that point.[4] That year Vanderbilt coach Dan McGugin noted "All things considered, Leach was perhaps the best football player of the year in Dixie."[5] The team included College Football Hall of Fame guard Nathan Dougherty.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Sigma Alpha Epsilon (1910). "Tennessee". The Record of Sigma Alpha Epsilon. 30 – via Google Books.
  2. ↑ "U-T Greats On All-Time Southeast Team". Kingsport Post. July 31, 1969 – via Google News.
  3. ↑ Heisman, J. W. (February 19, 1915). "Dixie's Football Hall of Fame". Atlanta Georgian.
  4. ↑ Fields, Bud; Bertucci, Bob (1982). Big Orange: a pictorial history of University of Tennessee football. Leisure Press. p. 34. ISBN 9780880110716 – via Google Books.
  5. ↑ Spalding's Football Guide. Shawnee Mission, Kansas, NCAA Publishing Service. 1909. p. 75 – via Archive.org.