词条 | Vernon Sharp |
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| name = Vernon Sharp |image=vernsharpe.jpg |image_size=200px | birth_date = {{Birth date|1906|11|30}} | birth_place = Nashville, Tennessee | death_date = {{Death date and age|mf=y|1991|4|5|1906|11|30}} | death_place = Brentwood, Tennessee | pastschools = Vanderbilt (1926–1927) | currentposition = Center | highlights=All-Southern (1927) |weight_lb=181 |height_ft=5 |height_in=10 |school=Vanderbilt Commodores }} Vernon Hibbett Sharp, Jr. (November 30, 1906 – April 5, 1991) was a college football player and coach. Early yearsVernon Sharp, Jr. was born in Nashville on November 30, 1906 to Vernon Hibbett Sharp and Lorene Seleney Dandridge. His older brother Alf Sharpe was also a Vanderbilt center. Vanderbilt UniversityHe was a prominent center for Dan McGugin's Vanderbilt Commodores of Vanderbilt University.[1] He was in the same class as the quarterback to whom he snapped the ball, College Football Hall of Fame member Bill Spears.[2] 1927Sharp was captain of the 1927 team,[3] which included the nation's leading scorer in running back Jimmy Armistead.[4] Sharp received the second most All-Southern votes of any center, behind Elvin Butcher of Tennessee. Sharp arguably had the better season, but was seen as having been outperformed by Butcher in the Vanderbilt–Tennessee game.[5] Sharp was suffering from a knee injury at the time, including the week before against Georgia Tech and Peter Pund.[6] He was called by coach McGugin the greatest Vandy center since Stein Stone.[6] Coaching careerIn 1936, he coached Vanderbilt's freshmen team. References1. ^{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1787&dat=19271127&id=XbUeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IWQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4004,922652|title=Spears Given Highest Vote in Selection|date=November 27, 1927|work=Sarasota Herald-Tribune}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Sharpe, Vernon}}2. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2402416/the_waco_newstribune/|title=Vernon Sharpe, Vanderbilt Star Center|work=The Waco News Tribune|page=7|date=October 13, 1927|accessdate=May 13, 2015|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.vanderbilt.edu/commodores/football/pressbox/releases/030609.htm|title=Vanderbilt Trio of Underclassmen to Captain 2003 Squad; Team Without Senior Captain for First Time Since World War I|date=June 9, 2003|access-date=July 20, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091126025534/http://www.vanderbilt.edu/commodores/football/pressbox/releases/030609.htm|archive-date=November 26, 2009|dead-url=yes|df=mdy-all}} 4. ^{{cite book|title=SEC Football Trivia|author=Ernie Couch|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o9qcRV21QkgC&pg=PT168&dq=football+armistead+vanderbilt&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ipduVLrTDOmCsQTw2oG4DA&ved=0CCQQ6wEwAQ#v=onepage&q=football%20armistead%20vanderbilt&f=false}} 5. ^{{cite news|url=http://athnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/athnewspapers-j2k/view?docId=bookreader/adb/adb1927/adb1927-2315.mets.xml;query=%22all-southern%22%20football;brand=athnewspapers-j2k-brand#page/1/mode/1up|title=Four Georgia Grid Stars Voted Places On United Press Conference Team|date=November 23, 1917|work=Banner-Herald}} 6. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/speccol/digcoll/pubs/1927_VU-Football.pdf|title=1927 Vanderbilt Commodores}} 8 : 1906 births|1991 deaths|Sportspeople from Nashville, Tennessee|All-Southern college football players|American football centers|Vanderbilt Commodores football players|Players of American football from Tennessee|Vanderbilt Commodores football coaches |
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