| Larry Creson | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname: | Kitty | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 17 January 1906 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth Place: | Memphis, Tennessee | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation: | Judge | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lawrence Barkley "Kitty" Creson (January 17, 1906 - June 19, 1972) was a college football and baseball player who later served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Tennessee.
He graduated with a LL B. from Vanderbilt University in 1928. At Vanderbilt, Creson was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.[1]
Creson was a prominent end for Dan McGugin's Vanderbilt Commodores of Vanderbilt University, a teammate and target of College Football Hall of Fame quarterback Bill Spears.[2] Wallace Wade called Creson one of the best tackle blockers he ever saw.[3] Creson often played next to inexperienced tackles, and was called upon to block the other team's tackle.
He was selected All-Southern in 1927.[4] Creson was noted as an exemplary product of former end and assistant coach Hek Wakefield.[5]
He also was a pitcher on the baseball team.[6]
Creson was appointed Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Tennessee by Governor Frank G. Clement on August 1, 1965, following the death of Justice Andrew O. Holmes.[7] He served in that capacity until his death, in 1972.[8]