Sumner D. Tilson Explained

Tex Tilson
Birth Date:	6 July 1898
Birth Place:	Childress, Texas, U.S.
Death Place:	Staunton, Virginia, U.S.
Player Sport1:	Football
Player Years2:	1918–1922
Player Team2:	VPI
Player Positions:	Tackle, guard
Coach Years1:	1942
Coach Team1:	VPI
Overall Record:	7–2–1

Sumner Dewey "Tex" Tilson^[1] (July 5, 1898 – November 13, 1964) was an American football player and coach. He served as head football coach at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (VPI)—now known as Virginia Tech—for one season, in 1942, compiling a record of 7–2–1.^[2] Tilson also played college football at VPI.^[3]

Biography

Tilson was born on July 5, 1898, in Childress, Texas, to William Ransom Tilson and Sallie Ellen Williams. His grandfather Granville Tilson was a cattle trader in Matador, Texas.^[4] He died in November 1964 in Virginia.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Virginia Polytechnic Institute (1934), Blacksburg, VA . 2015-12-18 . 2015-12-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151222120331/http://www.mocavo.com/Virginia-Polytechnic-Institute-1934-Blacksburg-Va/199436/325 . dead .
2. News: Virginia Tech Football Records . December 10, 2007 .
3. Web site: Virginia Tech Bugle. The Bugle 1919. 1919. 183. December 13, 2015.
4. Web site: The Tilson genealogy, from Edmond Tilson at Plymouth, N.E., 1638 to 1911; with brief sketches of the family in England back to 1066. Also brief account to Waterman, Murdock, Bartlett, Turner, Winslow, Sturtevant, Keith and Parris families, allied with the parents of the author. 1911. [Plymouth, The Memorial Press].