Walker Leach

Walker Leach
Tennessee Volunteers
Position Halfback/End
Class Graduate
Career history
College Tennessee (1907–1908)
Personal information
Date of birth (1888-07-22)July 22, 1888
Place of birth Virginia
Date of death January 2, 1944(1944-01-02) (aged 55)
Place of death Tennessee
Career highlights and awards

John Walker Leach (July 22, 1888 – January 2, 1944) was a college football player.

University of Tennessee

He was a prominent, halfback, end and kicker for the Tennessee Volunteers of the University of Tennessee. At Tennessee he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon. He was once appointed alumni member of the Tennessee Athletic Council.[1] He was nominated though not selected for an Associated Press All-Time Southeast 1869-1919 era team.[2]

1907

Leach played at end in 1907.

1908

Leach was captain of the school's 1908 team which was widely considered the best Tennessee football season up to that point.[3] That year Vanderbilt coach Dan McGugin noted "All things considered, Leach was perhaps the best football player of the year in Dixie."[4] The team included College Football Hall of Fame guard Nathan Dougherty.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Sigma Alpha Epsilon (1910). "Tennessee". The Record of Sigma Alpha Epsilon 30.
  2. ↑ "U-T Greats On All-Time Southeast Team". Kingsport Post. July 31, 1969.
  3. ↑ Big Orange: a pictorial history of University of Tennessee football. 1982. p. 34.
  4. ↑ Spalding's Football Guide. 1909. p. 75.


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