Peggy Flournoy
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| Tulane Green Wave | |
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| Position | Halfback |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | January 17, 1904 Canton, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Died: | October 7, 1972 (aged 68) New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Weight | 165 lb (75 kg) |
| Career history | |
| College | Tulane (1923–1925) |
| High school | Rugby Academy |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Charles Priestley "Peggy" Flournoy (January 17, 1904 – October 7, 1972) was an American football and baseball player and coach. He was the first Tulane football player selected as a first-team All-American. In 1925, he led the nation in scoring with 128 points, a school record not broken until 2007 by Matt Forte.
Early years
[edit]Flournoy attended high school at the Rugby Academy.
Playing career
[edit]He played college football at the halfback position for the Tulane Green Wave football team from 1923 to 1925.[1] He stood 6 feet, 1 inch, weighed 165 pounds, and wore number 15. As a senior in 1925, Flournoy led Tulane to an undefeated season and led the nation in scoring with 128 points.[2] At the end of the 1925 season, he was selected by Billy Evans and Norman E. Brown as a first-team halfback on their 1925 College Football All-America Teams.[3][4] He was also named a second-team All-American by the Associated Press and the All-America Board.[5][6] He was inducted into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame in 1968.[2] He died in New Orleans in 1972.[7]
One account reads "In the South they call "Peggy" Flournoy of Tulane University, the greatest all-round gridder in that section."[8]
Coaching career
[edit]Flournoy assisted his alma mater's football team in 1926, and was the baseball coach in 1928.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Tulane Gridders Striking Hard Pace; Flournoy Wins Praise of Sports Writers". The Monrow News-Star. November 7, 1925. p. 6. Retrieved November 1, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Charles "Peggy" Flournoy". Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved August 30, 2014.
- ^ Evans, Billy (December 5, 1925). "Here's Billy Evans' All-Americans". The Fitchburg Sentinel.
- ^ Brown, Norman E. (December 7, 1925). "Here Are Brown's All-American Selections: All Sections of Country On Writer's All-American". Galveston County Daily News.
- ^ "Associated Press Announces All-American Teams". Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune. December 14, 1925.
- ^ Tad Jones; Knute Rockne & Glenn Warner (December 4, 1925). "Red Grange Placed on Second All-American Team: Coaches Keep Star Off First: Rockne, Jones and Warner Claim He Has Two Main Weak Points; Friedman Is Captain; Two Michigan Men Honored; Pacific Coast Stars in the Backfield". The Davenport Democrat.
- ^ "Football All-Americans". Tulane University. Archived from the original on February 5, 2015. Retrieved August 30, 2014.
- ^ ""Peggy" Flournoy Rates High in Southern Grid Circles". Reno Evening Gazette. November 30, 1925.
- 1904 births
- 1972 deaths
- American football halfbacks
- Tulane Green Wave baseball coaches
- Tulane Green Wave baseball players
- Tulane Green Wave football coaches
- Tulane Green Wave football players
- All-American college football players
- All-Southern college football players
- People from Canton, Mississippi
- Players of American football from Mississippi