Elvin Butcher Explained
| Elvin Butcher |
| Birth Date: | 9 February 1907 |
| Birth Place: | Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Currentnumber: | 23 |
| School: | Tennessee Volunteers |
| Currentposition: | Center |
| Class: | Graduate |
| Pastschools: | Tennessee (1925 - 1928) |
| Weight Lb: | 184 |
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Elvin Oscar Butcher (February 9, 1907 – June 6, 1957)[1] was a college football and basketball player for the Tennessee Volunteers of the University of Tennessee.[2]
University of Tennessee
Football
Butcher was a prominent football player for Robert Neyland's Tennessee Volunteers from 1925 to 1928. Butcher was selected for a 1920s All-Tennessee football team.[3]
1927
Butcher was selected All-Southern at the center position in 1927.[4] His play against Vanderbilt helped secure the spot, as he outplayed Vandy center Vernon Sharpe, who arguably had the better season.[5] One of the All-Southern teams was to face an all-star squad of Pacific Coast players, and as a result the basketball team took a significant hit from the loss of its captain Butcher.[6]
Notes and References
- http://www.mocavo.com/Elvin-Butcher-California-Death-Record-Index-1940-1997/13576517953622256585 California Death Record Index
- Book: Who's who in American Sports . 1928 . 117 . Archive.org.
- Book: Fields, Bud . Big Orange: a pictorial history of University of Tennessee football . Bertucci . Bob . October 1, 1982 . 9780880110716 . 99 . Google Books.
- News: November 27, 1927 . Spears Given Highest Vote in Selection . Sarasota Herald-Tribune . Google News.
- News: November 23, 1917 . Four Georgia Grid Stars Voted Places On United Press Conference Team . Banner-Herald . December 11, 2014 . December 11, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141211100140/http://athnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/athnewspapers-j2k/view?docId=bookreader/adb/adb1927/adb1927-2315.mets.xml;query=%22all-southern%22%20football;brand=athnewspapers-j2k-brand#page/1/mode/1up . dead .
- Book: Randy Moore . Tennessee Volunteers Men's Basketball . 2005 . 9780762737024 . 3 . Google Books.
