Frank Shipp

Frank Shipp

Sewanee Tigers
Position	Halfback
Class	1909
Career history
College	Sewanee (1906–1907)
Personal information
Date of birth	July 23, 1884
Place of birth	Chattanooga, Tennessee
Date of death	December 10, 1934 (aged 50)
Place of death	Chattanooga, Tennessee
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight	170 lb (77 kg)
Career highlights and awards
2nd team all-time Sewanee football team All-Southern (1906, 1907)

Frank S. Shipp (July 23, 1884 – December 10, 1934) was a college football and baseball player.

Sewanee

He was a prominent running back for the Sewanee Tigers football team of Sewanee: The University of the South, selected second-team for an all-time Sewanee team.^[1]

1906

He was selected All-Southern at end by Dan McGugin.^[2]

1907

Shipp was selected All-Southern in 1907,^[3] one of Sewanee's greatest years.^[4][5]

Denver Bears

He played minor league baseball for the Denver Bears in the Western League.^[6]

References

1. "Sewanee's All-Time Football Team". Sewanee Alumni News. February 1949.
2. National Collegiate Athletic Association (1907). The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Guide. pp. 27, 49 – via Google books.
3. "Memphis Commercial Appeal's All-Southern". Atlanta Georgian. December 7, 1907. Retrieved March 5, 2015 – via Digital Library of Georgia.
4. "Brown Calls Vanderbilt '06 Best Eleven South Ever Had". Atlanta Constitution. February 19, 1911. p. 52. Retrieved March 8, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Tigers Are A Husky Bunch". Atlanta Constitution. November 9, 1907. p. 11. Retrieved April 11, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Condensed Dispatches" (PDF). Sporting Life. December 21, 1907. p. 2.