John Owsley Manier
| Owsley Manier | |
|---|---|
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Manier c. 1906 | |
| Sport(s) | Football |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
March 18, 1887 Nashville, Tennessee |
| Died |
September 1, 1956 (aged 69) Nashville, Tennessee |
| Playing career | |
| 1904-06 1908 |
Vanderbilt Penn |
| Position(s) | Fullback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1911–1914 1920 |
Vanderbilt (assistant) Vanderbilt (assistant) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
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Championships
3 SIAA (1904, 1905, 1906) | |
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Awards
3x All-Southern (1904, 1905, 1906) Third-team All-American (1906) 1912 All-time Vandy 1st team 1934 All-time Vandy team | |
John Owsley Manier (March 18, 1887 – September 1, 1956) was a college football player and coach and medical doctor.
Early years
J. Owsley Manier was born on March 18, 1887 in Nashville, Tennessee to William R. Manier and Mary Owsley.
Vanderbilt University
Manier was a prominent fullback on Dan McGugin's Vanderbilt Commodores football team, joining the team in McGugin's first year as head coach. He was a "great plunging back"[1] who in which every year he played at Vanderbilt was both a member of Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) championship teams and selected All-Southern. Manier stood 6 feet 2 inches tall and weighed 166 pounds.[2]
1906
Manier was the first Vanderbilt football player to be selected to an All-America team; selected third-team All-America by Walter Camp in 1906.[3] This makes Manier the first Southern player to make any of Camp's teams. Manier scored five touchdowns against Alabama in a 78-0 victory and again ran for five touchdowns over Georgia Tech (37-6) in Atlanta.[4] He received a Bachelor of Arts from Vanderbilt, and his M. D. from the University of Pennsylvania.
University of Pennsylvania
He played a bit on the Penn Quakers football team as well, for he had a year of eligibility left. "But his effectiveness at Pennsylvania was lessened by the attempt of the coaches to change his style of bucking a line from the low, plunging dive to running into it erect, knees drawn high and great dependence upon his companion backs to "hike" him."[1] At Penn he was shifted to halfback, and mostly used for swift plunges into the line.[5]
Doctor and coaching
After his time in Pennsylvania he returned to Vanderbilt as an assistant football coach and assistant medical professor. He practiced in Nashville and gave his spare time to the team.[1] In 1935 he was president of the Tennessee Medical Association.[6][7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Henry Jay Case. "Vanderbilt–A University of the New South". Outing 64: 327.
- ↑ "The Football Season of 1904". Vanderbilt University Quarterly 5: 62-69.
- ↑ "Vanderbilt All-Americans".
- ↑ Bill Traughber (September 8, 2005). "Vandy All-Americans".
- ↑ "Sportograms". The Tar Heel 19 (25). December 14, 1910. p. 4.
- ↑ T. Grier Miller, M. D. (1957). "John Owsley Manier, M. D.". Trans Am Clin Climatol Assoc 68: xlvi–xlvii. PMC 2248936. PMID 13486593.
- ↑ Outing. 1914. p. 327.
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