William E. Beard

William E. Beard
Vanderbilt Commodores
Position	Quarterback
Class	Graduate
Career history
College	Vanderbilt (1890–1893)
Personal information
Date of birth	(1873-07-12)July 12, 1873
Place of birth	Estill Springs, Tennessee
Date of death	December 21, 1950(1950-12-21) (aged 77)
Place of death	Nashville, Tennessee
Career highlights and awards
1st Vanderbilt quarterback to play Tennessee. Dubbed Vanderbilt the Commodores

William Ewing Beard (July 12, 1873 – December 21, 1950) was a college football player, soldier, journalist, war correspondent, naval historian, and long-time officer of the Tennessee Historical Commission and member of the Tennessee Historical Society.^[1]^[2] He wrote several books on Nashville and dubbed Vanderbilt University the Commodores.

Early years

Beard was born on July 12, 1873 in Estill Springs, Tennessee to Richard Beard, a Confederate captain, and Marie Dromgoole, of Estill Springs, Tennessee.^[3] He attended Vanderbilt from 1890 to 1893.^[2]In 1892 Beard was the first Vanderbilt quarterback to play Tennessee.^[4]

Writer

Beard joined the staff of the Nashville American in 1896.^[2]^[5] In 1897 he was the first to dub Vanderbilt the Commodores.^[6]^[7]^[8] While at the American, Beard employed former Vandy player Bob Blake.^[9]

Beard became the state news editor of the Banner in 1910, promoted to associated editor in 1933.^[3]

Bibliography

It Happened in Nashville. 1912.
The Battle of Nashville. 1913.
Red Letter Days in Nashville. 1925.
Nashville, the Home of History Makers. 1929.
Andrew Jackson: Man of Destiny. 1942.
Nashville, a memoir. 1943.
Men Make the Navy: Recruiting of 17-year-olds Recalls Fact Most American Naval Heroes Joined Service in 'teens. 1943.

References

↑ "William Ewing Beard Papers, Addition" (PDF). Retrieved February 5, 2015.
1 2 3 "William Ewing Beard (Vanderbilt)". Caduceus of Kappa Sigma 20: 425.
1 2 "Historical News and Notices: WILLIAM EWING BEARD".
↑ Bill Traughber (November 20, 2013). "Vanderbilt defeated Vols twice in 1892". Retrieved February 5, 2015.
↑ "Rice-Beard". Atlanta Constitution. May 30, 1909. p. 2. Retrieved March 11, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
↑ "Vanderbilt Commodores History". Retrieved February 5, 2015.
↑ Bill Traughber. Vanderbilt Football: Tales of Commodore Gridiron History. p. 20.
↑ "History of SEC School Mascots". Retrieved February 5, 2015.
↑ Bill Traughber (November 23, 2011). "Vandy's gridiron Rhodes Scholars". Retrieved February 5, 2015.

External links

William E. Beard at Find a Grave

Vanderbilt Commodores starting quarterbacks

Pat Estes (1890)
William E. Beard (1892)
W. J. Keller (1893–1894)
Myles P. O'Connor (1895–1896)
Joe Goodson (1897–1898)
Frank Godchaux, Sr. (1899–1900)
Fred Hume (1901)
Frank Kyle (1902–1905)
Sam Costen (1906–1907)
Ray Morrison (1908–1911)
Zach Curlin (1912–1913)
Hord Boensch (1913)
Irby Curry (1914–1916)
Sam Wilhite (1917)
Dooch Sherman (1918)
Swayne Latham (1919–1920)
Frank Godchaux (1921)
Oliver Kuhn (1921–1923)
E. M. Waller (1924)
Neil Cargile (1924–1925)
Bill Spears (1925–1927)
Jimmy Armistead (1928)
Benny Parker (1929–1930)
Tommy Henderson (1930–1932)
Rand Dixon (1933–1935)
Lunny Huggins (1936–1937)
Bert Marshall (1937–1938)
Junius Plunkett (1939)
Charlton Davis (1940)
Jack Jenkins (1941–1942)
Jack Kaley (1943)
John Rich (1945)
Jamie Wade (1946–1947, 1949)
Bobby Berry (1948)
Bill Wade (1950–1951)
Bill Krietemeyer (1952)
Jim Looney (1953–1954)
Don Orr (1955)
Boyce Smith (1956–1958)
Russ Morris (1959)
Hank Lesesne (1960–1962)
Jon Cleveland (1963)
David Waller (1964)
Bob Kerr (1965)
Gary Davis (1966)
Roger May (1967)
John Miller (1968)
Watson Brown (1969)
Denny Painter (1970)
Steve Burger (1971)
Steve Lainhart (1972)
Fred Fisher (1973–1975)
David Lee (1974)
Randy Hampton (1976)
Mike Wright (1977)
Van Heflin (1978–1979)
Whit Taylor (1980–1982)
Kurt Page (1983–1984)
John Gromos (1985; 1989)
Mark Wracher (1986)
Eric Jones (1987–1988)
Mike Healy (1990)
Marcus Wilson (1991–1992)
Ronnie Gordon (1993–1994)
Damian Allen (1995–1997)
Greg Zolman (1998–2001)
Jay Cutler (2002–2005)
Chris Nickson (2006–2008)
Mackenzi Adams (2007–2009)
Larry Smith (2008–2011)
Jared Funk (2010)
Jordan Rodgers (2011–2012)
Austyn Carta-Samuels (2012–2013)
Patton Robinette (2013–2014)
Stephen Rivers (2014)
Wade Freebeck (2014)
Johnny McCrary (2014–2015)

Vanderbilt Commodores football

Venues	Curry Field (1892–1921) Vanderbilt Stadium (1922–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Georgia Kentucky Ole Miss Sewanee Tennessee

Culture & lore	Mr. C Origin of "Commodores" "Dynamite" Marching band Porter Cup 1906 Carlisle game 1910 Yale game 1922 Michigan game IMG Sports Newtork

People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks All-Americans All-Southerns NFL draftees Statistical leaders William Lofland Dudley

Seasons	1890 1891 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

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