Warbler Wilson

Warbler Wilson
Sewanee Tigers
Position Quarterback
Class Graduate
Career history
College South Carolina (1896)
Sewanee (18971900)
Personal information
Date of birth November 28, 1878
Place of birth Rock Hill, South Carolina
Date of death December 8, 1958 (aged 80)
Place of death Rock Hill, South Carolina
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight 154 lb (70 kg)
Career highlights and awards

William Blackburn "Warbler" Wilson (November 28, 1878 December 8, 1958) was a college football player and city recorder.

College football

Wilson was an All-Southern[1] quarterback.

South Carolina

Wilson came from Rock Hill, South Carolina, and played as a backup for the South Carolina Gamecocks in 1896.

Sewanee

In part due to Luke Lea,[2] Wilson came to Sewanee:The University of the South as a law student.[3]

1898

In 1898 he led the Tigers to an undefeated year, playing through a broken leg in the 194 victory over Vanderbilt.[2]

1899

Wilson was a key member of the undefeated 1899 "Iron Men" who won five road games by shutout in six days,[2] Supposedly he also played with a broken leg for 45 minutes in the last game of the road trip of '99, against Ole Miss.[4]

1900

He was captain of the team in 1900.[4]

City recorder

He was the first city recorder in his native town of Rock Hill.[4]

References

  1. "All-Southern Football Team". Outing (Outing Publishing Company) 35: 533. 1900.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Wendell Givens (2003). Ninety-Nine Iron: The Season Sewanee Won Five Games in Six Days. University of Alabama Press. p. 30.
  3. Givens, Wendell (1993). "Sewanee's Football Iron Men of 1899". Tennessee Historical Quarterly (Tennessee Historical Commission and the Tennessee Historical Society) 52.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 "About Sewanee Alumni". Sewanee News: 11. 1959.