Bill May (American football)
| Tennessee Volunteers – No. 5 | |
|---|---|
| Position | Quarterback |
| Class | Graduate |
| Career history | |
| College | Tennessee (1913–1915) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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W. E. "Bill" May was a college football player.
Tennessee Volunteers
[edit]He was a prominent quarterback for the Tennessee Volunteers of the University of Tennessee from 1913 to 1915.[1][2][3]
1914
[edit]May led the Volunteers to the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) championship in 1914, the first championship of any kind for the Tennessee program. Winning all nine of their games, the 1914 squad was only the second undefeated team in Tennessee history. May threw two touchdown passes to Goat Carroll in the 16–14 victory over Vanderbilt, the first ever victory over the Tennessee rival.[4][5] Carroll scored all of the Vols points, adding a field goal in between touchdowns. Irby Curry scored all of Vanderbilt's points. An account of the first Tennessee touchdown reads, "Four minutes of play had barely drifted by when Tennessee's weird, mystic, elusive forward pass, May to Carroll, deadly in accuracy, went sailing home for the first touchdown of the game. The chesty Tennessee quarterback sent the oval whizzing for a distance of thirty-five yards and Carroll gathered in the ball near his goal line, when he hurried beneath the posts with all the speed at his command."[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Neely, Jack; Carey, Bill (November 20, 2002). "1915 Shutout win over Tennessee Volunteers overshadowed by tragedy". Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved January 26, 2015.
- ^ "Volunteer Warrior". University of Tennessee Alumni Magazine – via Leatherneck.com.
- ^ Fields, Bud (1982). Big Orange. p. 54. ISBN 9780880110716 – via Google Books.
- ^ West, Marvin (September 16, 2014). "Tennessee Football 100 Years Ago". Shopper News Now. Archived from the original on November 13, 2014. Retrieved January 26, 2015.
- ^ "Vols Score First Win Over Vandy". Greatest Moments in Tennessee: 12. ISBN 9781582610788 – via Google Books/The Commercial Appeal.
- ^ "Athletics". The University of Tennessee Record. 18 (5): 65. 1915 – via Google Books.
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