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Elvin Butcher

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

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]

University of Tennessee

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Football

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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

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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

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  1. ^ California Death Record Index
  2. ^ Who's who in American Sports. 1928. p. 117 – via Archive.org. Open access icon
  3. ^ Fields, Bud; Bertucci, Bob (October 1, 1982). Big Orange: a pictorial history of University of Tennessee football. p. 99. ISBN 9780880110716 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ "Spears Given Highest Vote in Selection". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. November 27, 1927 – via Google News.
  5. ^ "Four Georgia Grid Stars Voted Places On United Press Conference Team". Banner-Herald. November 23, 1917. Archived from the original on December 11, 2014. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
  6. ^ Randy Moore (2005). Tennessee Volunteers Men's Basketball. p. 3. ISBN 9780762737024 – via Google Books.