Roe Campbell
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| Tennessee Volunteers – No. 12 | |
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| Position | Quarterback/Fullback |
| Class | Graduate |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | January 4, 1900 Washington County, Tennessee |
| Died: | December 27, 1988 (aged 88) Knoxville, Tennessee |
| 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.
- ^ "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