| Sollie Cohen | |
| School: | Ole Miss Rebels |
| Weight Lb: | 200 |
| Birth Date: | 6 September 1907 |
| Birth Place: | Delta City, Mississippi |
| Death Place: | Lake Providence, Louisiana |
| Highschool: | Rolling Fork |
| Currentposition: | Fullback |
| Class: | Graduate |
| Pastschools: | Ole Miss (1925–1927) |
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Sollie Herman "Jew" Cohen (September 6, 1907 – April 1, 1966)[1] was a college football player and later a businessman of Lake Providence, Louisiana.
Cohen's parents were Jews from Russia.[2] He was from Delta City, Mississippi and attended Rolling Fork High School.[3]
Cohen was a prominent fullback on the Ole Miss Rebels football team. Cohen was named to the Mississippi All-Time Team by football historian Dr. L.H. Baker.[4] He remained a prominent booster for the Ole Miss program long after his time at the school.[5] He was "known as one of the greatest interference runners the South ever produced." He also excelled on defense.[6]
In 1927 he led Ole Miss to a 5–3–1 season and was selected All-Southern.[7] [8] Ole Miss won the first Egg Bowl with a trophy in 1927.[4] Cohen scored the first touchdown for Ole Miss, capping a 51-yard scoring drive with a 1-yard plunge.[9] He was chosen for the All-Southern team which played a game against Pacific Coast stars and won.[10]
In the 1940s he lived in Lake Providence, Louisiana where he owned a furniture and appliance store.[11] [3]