Horace Sherrell

Horace Sherrell

Vanderbilt Commodores
Position	Guard
Personal information
Born:	January 23, 1886 Dellrose, Tennessee
Died:	1940(1940-00-00) (aged 53–54) Fayetteville, Tennessee
Career history
College	Vanderbilt (1905–1907)
Career highlights and awards
SIAA championship (1906, 1907) All-Southern (1907)

Horace Everett Sherrell (January 23, 1886 – 1940)[1] was an American college football player and coach.

Vanderbilt University

He was a prominent guard for Dan McGugin's Vanderbilt Commodores football team of Vanderbilt University. He also played baseball.

1907

Against Kentucky State in 1907; "On one of Craig's long runs Sherrell, who was only a sub last year, kept pace with the fast half back all the way, knocking down three tacklers en route to the goal."[2] Sherrell was selected All-Southern.[3][4]

Coaching career

He coached the football of the Pulaski Training School in Pulaski, Tennessee in 1908.[5]

References

1. United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
2. "Kentucky State Is Slaughtered". Atlanta Constitution. October 6, 1907. p. 8. Retrieved May 1, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
3. Dan McGugin (1907). "Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association Foot Ball". The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Guide. National Collegiate Athletic Association: 71–75.
4. "Memphis Commercial Appeal's All-Southern". Atlanta Georgian. December 7, 1907. Archived from the original on December 10, 2019. Retrieved March 5, 2015 – via Digital Library of Georgia.
5. Vanderbilt University (1908). "University News". Vanderbilt University Quarterly. 8: 336.