Alvin Lowell "Chigger" Browne[1] (August 3, 1888 – March 2, 1955) was a college football player and track coach.
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| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 3, 1888 Memphis, Tennessee |
| Died | March 2, 1955 (aged 66) Stockton, California |
| Alma mater | Sewanee:The University of the South |
| Playing career | |
| 1908–1910 | Sewanee |
| Position(s) | Quarterback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Track and field: | |
| 1926–1927 | Florida |
| Football: | |
| 1928 | Florida (intramurals) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| SIAA championship (1909) | |
| Awards | |
| All-Southern (1909, 1910) Sewanee All-Time Football Team | |
Sewanee
editBrowne was a quarterback for the Sewanee Tigers of Sewanee: The University of the South from 1908 to 1910. Browne also played baseball, basketball, and track.[2] He was twice selected All-Southern,[3][4] and mentioned by Grantland Rice as one of the great little men of the sport, once weighing only 111 pounds.[5] He was most often listed as some 5 feet 8 inches tall and 125 pounds. Rice also said he was "harder to surround and tackle than a flea."[6] He could run 100 meters in 10 seconds flat.[7] At Sewanee he was a member of Kappa Alpha.[8]
1908
editCollege Football Hall of Fame quarterback Harry Van Surdam, coach of the 1908 team, said of Browne, he "was the greatest quarterback that I have ever seen in my 50 years of being connected with football as a coach and official . . . he was fast as lightning and wasn't afraid of anything. Chigger was so small that we had to keep him taped up to prevent him from getting broken up . . . We had only 18 men on the squad. If we wanted to scrimmage we had to bend the line around."[2]
1909
editCoaching career
editUniversity of Florida
editHe coached the Florida Gators track team of the University of Florida in 1926 and 1927.[9]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Deaths". Sewanee Alumni News: 14. 1956.
- ^ a b "Brown Is All-Time Tiger Great". Sewanee Alumni News: 15. 1952.
- ^ "National and Southern Honors". Sewanee Football Media Guide: 31. 2011.
- ^ e. g.
"All S. I. A. A. Team". Times-Picayune. December 8, 1910.
- ^ Grantland Rice (January 31, 1942). "Hogan and Hinkey Rate Among Best Little Men". The Miami News.
- ^ Grantland Rice (June 18, 1937). "Size Doesn't Make Athlete". The Milwaukee Journal.
- ^ "Sewanee Here On Saturday". Atlanta Constitution. November 11, 1908.
- ^ "Alpha-Alpha". The Kappa Alpha Journal. 27 (2): 200. 1909.
- ^ Old Yearbook Filled with Future Leaders. October 17, 1992.
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