Pete Mailhes
Appearance
![]() Mailhes in 1939 | |
Biographical details | |
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Born | New Orleans, Louisiana | March 9, 1894
Died | May 23, 1965 New Orleans, Louisiana | (aged 71)
Alma mater | Tulane University |
Playing career | |
1912–1915 | Tulane |
Position(s) | Tackle/Fullback |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1926–1941 | Tulane (assistant) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Awards | |
2x All-Southern (1914, 1915) Tulane Athletics Hall of Fame | |
Peter Philip Mailhes (March 9, 1894 – May 23, 1965)[1] was a college football player and coach for the Tulane Green Wave football team of Tulane University. Mailhes was inducted into the Tulane Athletics Hall of Fame in 1998.[2]
Tulane University
Playing career
Football
He was a prominent tackle and fullback for the Tulane Green Wave. He was "the greatest Tulane lineman of his day."[3]
1915
He was captain and All-Southern for the 1915 team.[4][5][6] One source describes him as "One of the greatest tackles of the South and captain of his eleven. Equally famed in baseball, basketball, track and field athletics.[6]
Baseball
Mailhes also played baseball.[7]
Coaching career
He then was a long-standing member of the Tulane coaching staff.[3][8]
References
- ^ Dates confirmed via U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935–2014 [database on-line]. Number: 436-22-0859; Issue State: Louisiana; Issue Date: Before 1951
- ^ "Tulane Athletics Hall of Fame". Retrieved January 26, 2015.
- ^ a b Tulane University Football Program; Tulane University The Green Wave vs. Louisiana Polytech The Bulldogs. September 25, 1926.
- ^ e. g. Dick Jemison (November 30, 1915). "Composite All-Southern Of Ten Of The Dopesters". Atlanta Constitution.
- ^ "Year-by-Year Records". Archived from the original on January 29, 2015. Retrieved January 26, 2015.
- ^ a b Parke H. Davis. "National Stars of the Gridiron". St. Nicholas:An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks. 43: 58–59.
- ^ S. Derby Gisclair. Baseball at Tulane University. p. 27.
- ^ "Tulane Football Coaches". Archived from the original on October 11, 2015. Retrieved January 31, 2015.
Categories:
- American football tackles
- American football fullbacks
- Tulane Green Wave football players
- Tulane Green Wave football coaches
- All-Southern college football players
- Players of American football from Louisiana
- Sportspeople from New Orleans
- 1894 births
- 1965 deaths
- Tulane Green Wave baseball players
- Baseball players from Louisiana