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Elvin Oscar Butcher (February 9, 1907 – June 6, 1957)[1] was a college football and basketball player for the Tennessee Volunteers of the University of Tennessee.[2]

Elvin Butcher
Butcher c. 1926
Tennessee Volunteers – No. 23
PositionCenter
ClassGraduate
Personal information
Born:(1907-02-09)February 9, 1907
Knoxville, Tennessee
Died:June 6, 1957(1957-06-06) (aged 50)
Los Angeles, California
Weight184 lb (83 kg)
Career history
CollegeTennessee (1925–1928)
Career highlights and awards
  • SoCon championship (1927)
  • All-Southern (1927)
  • 1920s All-Tennessee first team

University of Tennessee



Football


Butcher was a prominent football player for Robert Neyland's Tennessee Volunteers from 1925 to 1928. Butcher was selected for a 1920s All-Tennessee football team.[3]


1927

Butcher was selected All-Southern at the center position in 1927.[4] His play against Vanderbilt helped secure the spot, as he outplayed Vandy center Vernon Sharpe, who arguably had the better season.[5] One of the All-Southern teams was to face an all-star squad of Pacific Coast players, and as a result the basketball team took a significant hit from the loss of its captain Butcher.[6]


References


  1. California Death Record Index
  2. Who's who in American Sports. 1928. p. 117 – via archive.org.
  3. Fields, Bud; Bertucci, Bob (October 1, 1982). Big Orange: a pictorial history of University of Tennessee football. p. 99. ISBN 9780880110716.
  4. "Spears Given Highest Vote in Selection". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. November 27, 1927.
  5. "Four Georgia Grid Stars Voted Places On United Press Conference Team". Banner-Herald. November 23, 1917.
  6. Randy Moore (2005). Tennessee Volunteers Men's Basketball. p. 3. ISBN 9780762737024.


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