R. N. MacCallum

R. N. MacCallum

MacCallum in football uniform c. 1913
Sewanee Tigers
Position Guard
Class Graduate
Major Theology
Career history
College Sewanee (19101913)
High school Mt. Vernon
Personal information
Date of birth (1888-11-05)November 5, 1888
Place of birth New York City, New York
Date of death August 24, 1956(1956-08-24) (aged 67)
Place of death El Paso, Texas
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight 191 lb (87 kg)
Career highlights and awards

Robert Nelson MacCallum (November 5, 1888 August 24, 1956)[1] was a college football player and reverend.

Early years

MacCallum attended Mt. Vernon High School.[2]

Sewanee

He was an All-Southern guard for the Sewanee Tigers of Sewanee:The University of the South, captain of the 1913 team.[3][4][5] He graduated with a theology degree.[6]

Reverend

MacCallum was a seminarian who served parishes in Tennessee, Georgia, Texas, New Mexico, and South Carolina.[7] He was admitted as a candidate for Holy Orders on June 23, 1914 in Savannah, Georgia.[8]

References

  1. Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA
  2. University of the South. "Register of Students". Catalogue and Announcements: 39.
  3. "Consolidated All-Southern Chosen by Ten Scribes; Eleven Like Innis Brown's". Atlanta Constitution. December 3, 1912. p. 10.
  4. "1913 Football Program - UT vs Sewanee (at Chattanooga)". October 18, 1913.
  5. "1913".
  6. "University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn.". The Chronicle: 267.
  7. "Deaths". Sewanee Alumni News. 22: 23. February 1956.
  8. "Bishop's Diary of 1914-1915". Retrieved February 9, 2015.
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