Tarzan Holt Explained
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| Pastschools: | Tennessee (1920 - 1923) |
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Robert "Tarzan" Holt was an American college football player and high school football coach. He once coached high school football at Tellico Plains, Tennessee.[1] He also coached under Bill Brennan at Little Rock College.[2]
University of Tennessee
Holt was a prominent end for the Tennessee Volunteers football team of the University of Tennessee from 1920 to 1923. Coach M. B. Banks moved him to the position from the backfield.[3]
1922
He was selected All-Southern in 1922.[4] [5]
1923
Holt was elected captain of 1923.[6] [7] [8]
Notes and References
- News: September 7, 1932 . In the Realm of Sport . The Troy Times . Fulton History.
- News: August 25, 1928 . Football Practice . The Guardian . 3 . Arkansas Catholic Newspaper Archive.
- Web site: 1922 . University of Tennessee . 146.
- News: December 10, 1922 . Georgia Tech Has Four on All-Southern Team . Richmond Times Dispatch . Library of Congress.
- News: Wheatley . Cliff . December 10, 1922 . Al Staton, Davis, Whelchel Frye, Roberts, Cobington, Bennett, Fletcher Picked . March 16, 2015 . Atlanta Constitution . 3 . Newspapers.com.
- News: December 20, 1922 . Tarzan Holt Captain . May 6, 2015 . Daily Illini . Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections.
- Web site: August 22, 2002 . 2002 Football Captains Selected . February 25, 2024 . University of Tennessee Athletics . en.
- Book: Fields, Bud . Big Orange: A Pictorial History of University of Tennessee football . October 1, 1982 . 9780880110716 . 70 . Leisure Press . Google Books.
