By Walton
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Alma mater | University of Mississippi |
| Playing career | |
| 1910–1912 | Ole Miss |
| Position(s) | Center; End (football) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1911–1912 | Ole Miss |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
| All-Southern football player (1911) | |
Byron S. "By" Walton was an American college football player, track star, and basketball player and coach at the University of Mississippi.
Early years
[edit]Walton attended Central High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[1]
Ole Miss
[edit]He stood 6 feet tall and weighed 180 pounds.
Football
[edit]Walton was a prominent end for the Ole Miss Rebels football team. He was nominated though not selected for an Associated Press All-Time Southeast 1869–1919 era team.[2]
1911
[edit]He was selected All-Southern in 1911.[3][4][5] He once stripped Ray Morrison of Vanderbilt 10 yards short of the goal. Heisman describes Walton: "This chap weighs 180 stripped, is fast as a deer, willing as a shepherd dog, strong as an ox, and has the judgment of a football player. Against Mercer and Vanderbilt he was simply invulnerable; nothing could get around his end. And when it came to getting down the field and nailing his man under punts he proved himself a perfect demon."[5]
Basketball
[edit]He played center and was captain and coach of the basketball team in 1911–1912.
Penn
[edit]Walton also attended the University of Pennsylvania.[6]
Camp athletics
[edit]In 1917 Walton was appointed by the Fosdick Commission to direct Army camp athletics in Syracuse, New York.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Central High School, Philadelphia (1922). Handbook of the Central High School of Philadelphia. p. 85. Retrieved March 9, 2015 – via Google books.
- ^ "U-T Greats On All-Time Southeast Team". Kingsport Post. July 31, 1969.
- ^ Nathan Stauffer (1911). "The All-Southern Football Team of 1911". Collier's Weekly. 48: 197.
- ^ Spalding's Football Guide. Shawnee Mission, Kansas, NCAA Publishing Service. 1911. pp. 35, 65.
- ^ a b "Heisman Picks 5 Commodores On His All-Southern Eleven". Atlanta Constitution. December 3, 1911. p. 1. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
- ^ a b "Will Direct Camp Sports" (PDF). Syracuse Journal. August 18, 1917.
