John S. "Jack" Dye was a college football player and surgeon.[1]
Vanderbilt University
He was a prominent halfback for the Vanderbilt Commodores football team of Vanderbilt University from 1895 and 1898.[2]
1897
The team held all opponents scoreless and won its first conference title in 1897.[2][3]
1898
Dye was selected All-Southern.[4]
Surgeon
He was a successful surgeon of Chattanooga who worked at the Erlanger Hospital.[1]
References
- ^ a b Vanderbilt University (1915). "Alumni Notes". Vanderbilt University Quarterly. 15: 48–50.
- ^ a b "Brown Calls Vanderbilt '06 Best Eleven South Ever Had". Atlanta Constitution. February 19, 1911. p. 52. Retrieved March 8, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Bill Traughber (October 11, 2006). "Vandy Shuts Out 1897 Opponents" (PDF).[permanent dead link]
- ^ W. A. Lambeth (1899). "Football In The South". Outing. 33. Outing Publishing Company: 527.
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