Rex Kilpatrick

Rex Kilpatrick
Sewanee Tigers
Position Halfback
Career history
College Sewanee (18971900)
Personal information
Date of birth (1881-12-26)December 26, 1881
Place of birth Bridgeport, Alabama
Date of death November, 1955
Place of death Spring Lake, New Jersey
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight 185 lb (84 kg)
Career highlights and awards

Ringland Fisher "Rex" Kilpatrick (December 26, 1881 November, 1955) was a college football player; later a builder and investment banker in the New York area.[1] He was the younger brother of John Kilpatrick.

Career

His father moved from New York to Bridgeport because of investment potential in real estate and mning.[2]

Football

Kilpatrick was a prominent running back for the Sewanee Tigers of Sewanee: The University of the South from 1897 to 1900.[3] He was one of the team's heavier players.[1]

1899

He was a member of the 1899 "Iron Men" who won 5 games in 6 days and an undefeated conference championship. This was his best year;[3] He kicked the field goal to defeat North Carolina for the title.[3] Kilpatrick was selected All-Southern.[4][5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Wendell Givens (2003). Ninety-Nine Iron: The Season Sewanee Won Five Games in Six Days. University of Alabama Press. pp. 29; 119.
  2. https://books.google.com/books?id=nQ8UAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22william+henry+poole%22+sewanee&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=kilpatrick
  3. 1 2 3 Joe Davis (August 15, 1949). "Letter to the Editor". Sewanee Alumni News. 15: 9.
  4. "An All-Southern College Eleven". Orange and Blue. March 28, 1900. Retrieved March 5, 2015 via archive.org.
  5. "South's Football Players Analyzed". Times-Picayune. February 11, 1900. p. 8. Retrieved March 8, 2015 via Newspapers.com.


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