| Sewanee Tigers — No. N/A | |
| Fullback | Graduate |
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| Date of birth: July 22, 1897 | |
| Place of birth: Greenville, Mississippi | |
| Career history | |
|---|---|
| College(s): Sewanee (1916-1918) | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| *All-Southern (1917) | |
Eben Alexander "Pep" Wortham (July 22, 1897 – August 1, 1982) was a college football player and educator.
Sewanee[]
Playing career[]
Wortham was a prominent fullback for the Sewanee Tigers of the University of the South.
1916[]
In 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.
1917[]
In 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 career[]
After football, he signed on to the university's faculty to teach mathematics, history, tactics, and boxing.[3]
References[]
- ↑ Spalding Football Guide. 1918. https://archive.org/stream/officialfootball19181nati#page/n27/mode/2up/search/%22all-southern%22.
- ↑ "National and Southern Honors". Sewanee Football Media Guide: 31. 2011. http://issuu.com/sewaneeathletics/docs/sewaneefootball2011.
- ↑ "Academy Notes". Sewanee Purple. March 7, 1919.
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