| 词条 | Eben Wortham |
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}} Eben Alexander "Pep" Wortham (July 22, 1897 – August 1, 1982) was a college football player and educator. SewaneePlaying careerWortham was a prominent fullback for the Sewanee Tigers of the University of the South. 1916In 1916, Dick Jemison picked Bill Folger out of North Carolina as a halfback for his All-Southern team. Jemison said had he constrained his selections to the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association, Wortham would have taken his spot. 1917In 1917, the year of Georgia Tech's great backfield, he made the All-Southern teams of Dick Jemison, sporting editor for the Atlanta Constitution, Fred Digby, sporting editor for the New Orleans Item, and Zipp Newman, assistant sporting editor for the Birmingham News.[1][2] He drop-kicked a 40-yard field goal in the game against LSU to win 3 to 0. Also he drop-kicked a 27-yard field goal in a 3 to 3 tie at Alabama. Teaching careerAfter football, he signed on to the university's faculty to teach mathematics, history, tactics, and boxing.[3] References1. ^{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/stream/officialfootball19181nati#page/n27/mode/2up/search/%22all-southern%22|title=Spalding Football Guide|date=1918}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Wortham, Eben}}{{Runningback-1890s-stub}}2. ^{{cite journal|page=31|url=http://issuu.com/sewaneeathletics/docs/sewaneefootball2011|title=National and Southern Honors|work=Sewanee Football Media Guide|year=2011}} 3. ^{{cite news|newspaper=Sewanee Purple|date=March 7, 1919|title=Academy Notes}} 12 : Sportspeople from Greenville, Mississippi|1897 births|1982 deaths|Sewanee Tigers football players|American football fullbacks|Players of American football from Mississippi|All-Southern college football players|Sewanee: The University of the South faculty|American football placekickers|American football quarterbacks|American football halfbacks|American football drop kickers |
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