Roe Campbell
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Tennessee Volunteers – No. 12 | |
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Position | Quarterback/Fullback |
Class | Graduate |
Personal information | |
Born: | Washington County, Tennessee | January 4, 1900
Died: | December 27, 1988 Knoxville, Tennessee | (aged 88)
Career history | |
College | Tusculum (c. 1919) Tennessee (1920–1924) |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Lacy Roe Campbell (January 4, 1900 – December 27, 1988) was an American football and basketball player for the Tennessee Volunteers of the University of Tennessee.
Early years[]
Campbell was born on January 4, 1900 to Jefferson Davis Campbell and Louise Truin in a rural part of Washington County, Tennessee. His mother was the daughter of Swiss immigrants and an avid painter.[1]
Tusculum College[]
Before Tennessee he went to Tusculum College,[2] where he is a member of its sports hall of fame.[3]
University of Tennessee[]
Campbell played quarterback and fullback for M. B. Banks's Tennessee Volunteers from 1920 to 1924. He also played basketball at UT.
Football[]
1921[]
In 1921, he spearheaded the first touchdown drive of Tennessee's first ever victory over the Mississippi A&M Aggies in a 14 to 7 win in Memphis.
1922[]
In 1922 he was awarded the Porter Cup as best all-around athlete at the University of Tennessee.[4] He also received votes for All-Southern that year.[5]
Basketball[]
1921–22[]
He played in the first basketball meeting between Tennessee and Vanderbilt.[6]
External links[]
Sources[]
- Mike Siroky (1982). Orange Lightning: Inside University of Tennessee Football. Leisure Press. pp. 7–17.
References[]
- ^ Robert L. Wilson. "Blount County Campbells produce generations of visual artists".
- ^ Volunteer Yearbook, 1921, p. 140
- ^ "Tusculum College Sports Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on October 8, 2014.
- ^ "Announcement of Honors and Scholarships". The University of Tennessee Record. 25 (3): 27. 1922.
- ^ "Georgia Tech Has Four on All-Southern Team". Richmond Times Dispatch. December 10, 1922.
- ^ Bill Traughber (February 11, 2009). "VU/UT first met in 1922".
- 1900 births
- 1988 deaths
- American football quarterbacks
- Tennessee Volunteers basketball players
- Tennessee Volunteers football players
- Players of American football from Tennessee
- People from Washington County, Tennessee
- American football fullbacks
- Centers (basketball)
- Tusculum Pioneers football players
- All-Southern college football players
- American people of Swiss descent
- American men's basketball players