Red Rainey Explained

Red Rainey
School:Tennessee Volunteers
Class:Graduate
Currentnumber:7
Pastschools:Tennessee (1913 - 1914)
Currentposition:Halfback/Quarterback
Highlights:

Horace "Red" Rainey was a college football player.

University of Tennessee

Rainey was a prominent running back for the Tennessee Volunteers of the University of Tennessee.

1913

On the 6 to 7 loss to Vanderbilt in 1913, "'Red' Rainey shone for Tennessee, though he was later relegated to the side lines after a collision with one A. Sikes, Esq., otherwise known as the "Roaring Representative from Williamson."[1] Rainey was selected All-Southern.[2]

1914

A description of the 14 to 7 victory of Sewanee in 1914 reads, "'Red Rainey' got back into the game just at the start of the third quarter, after a month's absence from scrimmage. In spite of his bum ankle, "Red" did some good work and finished the game without calling time out. Once he intercepted a forward pass and made a good return."[3]

Notes and References

  1. 1913 . Athletics . Vanderbilt University Quarterly . Vanderbilt University . 13 . 309 . Google Books.
  2. News: November 30, 1913 . Constitution's All-Southern Picked By Coach Donahue of Champion Auburn Team . Atlanta Constitution.
  3. 1915 . Athletics . The University of Tennessee Record . 18 . 5 . 65–69 . Google Books.