Ellwood Wilson was a college football player,^[1] considered the "founder of Sewanee Tigers football."^[2] He came to Sewanee from New Jersey, and at first used an oval block of wood in place of a football.^[3]

References

^ "The Scroll of Phi Delta Theta". 1892.
^ "Founder of Tiger Football Tells How". Sewanee Alumni News. 8 (1): 7. December 1941.
^ "Target for Today". The Milwaukee Journal. April 4, 1951.

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Ellwood Wilson Alexander Blacklock Oscar Wilder Warbler Wilson Harris G. Cope Frank M. Osborne John Scarbrough C. Logan Eisele Walter Barrett Chigger Browne John Myers Frank M. Gillespie Lee Tolley William Herring Thomas Harper William K. Powers Bill Coughlan George H. Barker Jack Todd Harold Eustis John Shoop