Blood Miller

Blood Miller
Sewanee Tigers No. 5
Position End
Class 1924
Career history
College Sewanee (1922)
Personal information
Weight 180 lb (82 kg)
Career highlights and awards

Virgil George "Blood" Miller was a college football player and track and field athlete for the Sewanee Tigers of Sewanee: The University of the South.[1] He later went to Tampa.[2] Miller was selected All-Southern in 1922 by Marvin McCarthy, sporting editor of the Birmingham Age-Herald,[3] a year in which he drew praise for his work against Oglethorpe.[4] He won the Porter Cup as Sewanee's best all-around athlete.[5]

References

  1. J. H. Street (November 28, 1928). "Nashville To Witness South's Oldest Classic". The Bee. p. 8. Retrieved August 25, 2015 via Newspapers.com.
  2. http://www.mocavo.com/The-Palm-of-Alpha-Tau-Omega-1925-Volume-45/339261/336
  3. "Teams Selected By Various Scribes". Atlanta Constitution. December 3, 1922. p. 5. Retrieved March 7, 2015 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Sewanee Downs The Stormy Petrels of Oglethorpe, 19-0". The Sewanee Purple 40 (4). October 19, 1922. pp. 1; 3.
  5. https://archive.org/stream/collegeofartssc192226univ#page/n239/mode/2up


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