Mike Lally

Michael F. Lally was a college football player who played for Louisiana State University (LSU).

Mike Lally
LSU Tigers
PositionHalfback
ClassGraduate
Career history
College
Personal information
Born:c. 1888
Jessup, Pennsylvania
Career highlights and awards

College football

Lally was a halfback for the LSU Tigers of the Louisiana State University, a member of the 1908 LSU Tigers football team which went 10–0 and was selected as national champion by the National Championship Foundation. Lally was selected All-Southern by Nash Buckingham in the Memphis Commercial Appeal.[1] He was one of many players on LSU teams of this era from Pennsylvania, including Doc Fenton and John Seip.[2] Lally was one of the best blockers for Fenton.[3][4][5] He and Fenton had both played for Mansfield Normal School.[4]

1910 was a disastrous year for the Tigers. After the 1908 campaign, and a strong 1909 campaign which saw their only SIAA loss come to SIAA champion Sewanee, the team lost some star power. Stovall, end, Seip, end, and Lally would all be lost for the year.[6] Lally broke a bone in his leg in the first game of the year.[6] Lally was selected for LSU's All-Time football team in 1935.[7]

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References
  1. "All SIAA Teams of Past Six Years". Atlanta Georgian. November 27, 1909.
  2. Frank J. Price (March 1, 1999). Troy H. Middleton: A Biography. LSU Press. p. 32.
  3. "A Season in Time: LSU Tigers 1908".
  4. "From 'The LSU Football Vault': The 1908 Season".
  5. Bob Royce (May 1996). "The Blond Terror" (PDF). College Football Historical Society. 9 (3). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-09-11. Retrieved 2014-12-22.
  6. National Collegiate Athletic Association (1911). "Louisiana State University". The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Guide: 227.
  7. George Trevor (November 30, 1935). "All-Time All-Star Team Louisiana State University". Tulane University Football Program-The Greenie; L.S.U. vs. Tulane. Archived from the original on December 23, 2014.
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