Ammie Sikes
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Sikes c. 1912 | |
| Vanderbilt Commodores | |
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| Position | Fullback |
| Class | Graduate |
| Career history | |
| College | Vanderbilt (1911–1914) |
| Personal information | |
| Date of birth | July 26, 1892 |
| Place of birth | Smyrna, Tennessee |
| Date of death | September 1, 1963 (aged 71) |
| Place of death | Tennessee |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Ammie Thomas Sikes (July 26, 1892 – September 1963) was a college football player.
Early years
Ammie Sikes was born on July 26, 1892 in Smyrna, Tennessee to Jessie Sikes and Jennie James.[1]
Vanderbilt University
Football
Sikes was a prominent fullback for Dan McGugin's Vanderbilt Commodores of Vanderbilt University. He was thrice selected All-Southern.[2]
1911
The 1911 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) championship team outscored opponents 259 to 9, suffering its only loss by a single point to Michigan. Edwin Pope's Football's Greatest Coaches reads "A lightning-swift backfield of Lew Hardage, Wilson Collins, Ammie Sikes, and Ray Morrison pushed Vandy through 1911 with only a 9-8 loss to Michigan." The Atlanta Constitution voted it the best backfield in the South.[3]
1912
The 1912 lost only to national champion Harvard and outscored opponents 393 to 19. The Commodores scored 100 points in both of its first two games.
1913
On the 7 to 6 win over Tennessee in 1913, one account reads "'Red' Rainey shone for Tennessee, though he was later relegated to the side lines after a collision with one A. Sikes, Esq., otherwise known as the "Roaring Representative from Williamson."[4]
1914
Sikes was captain of the 1914 team.
References
- ↑ Tennessee, Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
- ↑ e. g."Constitution's All-Southern Picked By Coach Donahue of Champion Auburn Team". Atlanta Constitution. November 30, 1913.
- ↑ Charles Weatherby. "Wilson Collins". The Miracle Braves of 1914: Boston's Original Worst-to-First World Series: 13.
- ↑ Vanderbilt University. "Athletics". Vanderbilt University Quarterly 13: 309.
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