Will Metzger

William Edgar "Frog" Metzger, Jr. (August 21, 1890 – December 2, 1951) was a college football player.

Will Metzger
Vanderbilt Commodores
PositionGuard/Fullback
ClassGraduate
Career history
CollegeVanderbilt (1908–1911)
Personal information
Born:(1890-08-21)August 21, 1890
Nashville, Tennessee
Died:December 2, 1951(1951-12-02) (aged 61)
Memphis, Tennessee
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight175 lb (79 kg)
Career highlights and awards

Vanderbilt

Metzger was a prominent guard for the Vanderbilt Commodores of Vanderbilt University from 1908 to 1911. Metzger was Dan McGugin's first great lineman.[1] Metzger was selected for an Associated Press Southeast Area All-Time football team 1869-1919 era.[2] Metzger was chosen for an all-time Vandy team in 1912,[3] as well as an All-time Vandy team published in Vanderbilt's yearbook in 1934. At Vanderbilt he was a member of the Kappa Alpha fraternity.

1909

Metzger was injured in the loss to Ohio State in 1909, breaking his leg just above the knee.[4]

1910

The 1910 team which tied defending national champion Yale[5] and allowed just 8 points and scored 165 was led by Metzger,[6] a unanimous All-Southern player and third-team All-American as chosen by Walter Camp.[7] He was the third ever player from the South to get on one of Camp's teams.[8]

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References
  1. "2014 Vanderbilt Commodores Football Media Guide" (PDF). p. 143.
  2. "All-Time Football Team Lists Greats Of Past, Present". Gadsden Times. July 27, 1969.
  3. Vanderbilt University. Vanderbilt University Quarterly. 13. p. 56.
  4. "Vandy Loses to Ohio State". Atlanta Constitution. November 14, 1909. p. 4. Retrieved May 14, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. Traughber, Bill (November 9, 2005). "Commodores Shock Powerful Yale in 1910". Retrieved February 11, 2015.
  6. Christopher J. Walsh (2006). Where Football Is King: A History of the SEC. Taylor Trade Publishing. p. 120.
  7. "Three Westerners Selected By Camp: Benbrook and Wells of Michigan and Walker of Minnesota Named for All-American". The Indianapolis Star. 1910-12-11.
  8. "On the Gridiron and Diamond". The Kappa Alpha Journal. 30 (2): 211.
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