Blood Miller

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]

Blood Miller
Sewanee Tigers No. 5
PositionEnd
Class1924
Career history
CollegeSewanee (1922)
Personal information
Weight180 lb (82 kg)
Career highlights and awards

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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