Morgan Blake

Morgan Blake
Born	William Morgan Blake February 1889 (1889-02) Fayetteville, Tennessee, United States
Died	July 26, 1953(1953-07-26) (aged 64) Atlanta, Georgia
Occupation	Sportswriter
Alma mater	Vanderbilt University

William Morgan Blake (February, 1889 – July 26, 1953) was an early 20th-century American sportswriter in the South who in his 24 years on the job covered seven Rose Bowl games. He also taught the south's largest Sunday School class.^[1]^[2]

Early years

A law graduate from Vanderbilt University in 1911, he began newspaper work on the Nashville Tennessean. He then switched to the Nashville Banner as a political writer, until eventually becoming a sports editor of the Atlanta Journal in 1916.^[1]^[3]

Sportswriter

Blake ranked Don Hutson led Alabama as the best football team he ever saw. He is one proposed originator of the "Golden Tornado" nickname for Georgia Tech.^[4] He is also one for the Georgia Bulldogs. He wrote a story about school nicknames for football teams and proposed:

The Georgia Bulldogs would sound good because there is a certain dignity about a bulldog, as well as ferocity.^[5]

Blake was known for his coverage of golfer Bobby Jones.^[6] He retired in 1951.

Agoga's Men's Bible Class

Teaching at the Agoga Men's Bible Cass at the Baptist Tabernacle of Atlanta, his class frequently reached 2,000 and was rated as the largest in the south.^[1] He also wrote religious news columns.

Bibliography

A Sports Editor Finds Christ. Hale Publishing Company. 1952.

References

1 2 3 "Morgan Blake, Columnist, Sports Writer To Retire". The Tuscaloosa News. July 29, 1951.
↑ "Funeral Rites For Religious Writer Today". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. July 28, 1953.
↑ Harold H. Martin. Atlanta and Environs: A Chronicle of Its People and Events, 1940s-1970s. p. 202.
↑ "Golden Tornadoes". Retrieved January 28, 2015.
↑ "Georgia Traditions from Georgiadogs.com". Retrieved 2007-03-29.
↑ "Personnel 1930-1939".

Georgia Bulldogs football

Venues	Herty Field (1892–1910) Sanford Field (1911–1928) Sanford Stadium (1929–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Auburn: Deep South's Oldest Rivalry Clemson Florida Georgia Tech: Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate South Carolina Tennessee Vanderbilt

Culture & lore	All games Hairy Dawg Uga "Glory, Glory" Georgia Redcoat Marching Band First forward pass 1927 Yale game

People	Head coaches Steadman V. Sanford Larry Munson Morgan Blake NFL draftees Starting quarterbacks Statistical leaders

Seasons	1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

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