Horace Sherrell Explained

School:	Vanderbilt Commodores
Birth Date:	January 23, 1886
Birth Place:	Dellrose, Tennessee
Death Place:	Fayetteville, Tennessee
Currentposition:	Guard
Pastschools:	Vanderbilt (1905 - 1907)
Highlights:	SIAA championship (1906, 1907) All-Southern (1907)

Horace Everett Sherrell (January 23, 1886  - 1940)^[1] was an American college football player and coach.

Vanderbilt University

He was a prominent guard for Dan McGugin's Vanderbilt Commodores football team of Vanderbilt University. He also played baseball.

1907

Against Kentucky State in 1907; "On one of Craig's long runs Sherrell, who was only a sub last year, kept pace with the fast half back all the way, knocking down three tacklers en route to the goal."^[2] Sherrell was selected All-Southern.^{[3] [4]}

Coaching career

He coached the football of the Pulaski Training School in Pulaski, Tennessee in 1908.^[5]

Notes and References

1. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZ6V-QWM United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
2. News: Atlanta Constitution. Kentucky State Is Slaughtered. 8. October 6, 1907. May 1, 2015. Newspapers.com.
3. Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association Foot Ball. 71–75. Dan McGugin. Dan McGugin. The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Guide. National Collegiate Athletic Association. 1907.
4. News: Memphis Commercial Appeal's All-Southern. Atlanta Georgian. December 7, 1907. Digital Library of Georgia. March 5, 2015. December 10, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191210034056/https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/regions/atlanta/?docId=bookreader/aga/aga1907/aga1907-4800.mets.xml. dead.
5. University News. 336. 8. Vanderbilt University Quarterly. Vanderbilt University. 1908.