Eben Wortham Explained

Eben Wortham
School:Sewanee Tigers
Birth Date:1897 7, mf=y
Birth Place:Greenville, Mississippi
Death Place:Nashville, Tennessee
Currentposition:Fullback
Height Ft:5
Height In:7
Weight Lbs:156
Pastschools:Sewanee (1916-1918)
Class:Graduate
Highlights:

Eben Alexander "Pep" Wortham (July 22, 1897  - August 1, 1982) was a college football player and educator.

Sewanee

Playing career

Wortham was a prominent fullback for the Sewanee Tigers of the University of the South.

1916

In 1916, Dick Jemison picked Bill Folger out of North Carolina as a halfback for his All-Southern team. Jemison said had he constrained his selections to the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association, Wortham would have taken his spot.

1917

In 1917, the year of Georgia Tech's great backfield, he made the All-Southern teams of Dick Jemison, sporting editor for the Atlanta Constitution, Fred Digby, sporting editor for the New Orleans Item, and Zipp Newman, assistant sporting editor for the Birmingham News.[1] [2] He drop-kicked a 40-yard field goal in the game against LSU to win 3 to 0. Also he drop-kicked a 27-yard field goal in a 3 to 3 tie at Alabama.

Teaching career

After football, he signed on to the university's faculty to teach mathematics, history, tactics, and boxing.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Spalding Football Guide. 1918. Shawnee Mission, Kansas, NCAA Publishing Service .
  2. 31. National and Southern Honors. Sewanee Football Media Guide. 2011.
  3. News: Sewanee Purple. March 7, 1919. Academy Notes.