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{{Infobox college coach
| name = Zach Curlin
| image = Zach Curlin.png
| alt = 
| caption = Curlin c. 1912
| sport = [[American football|Football]], [[basketball]], [[baseball]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1890|1|31}}
| birth_place = [[Luxora, Arkansas]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1970|6|3|1890|1|31}}
| death_place = [[Memphis, Tennessee]]
| alma_mater = 
| player_sport1 = Football
| player_years2 = 1910–1913
| player_team2 = [[Vanderbilt Commodores football|Vanderbilt]]
| player_sport3 = Basketball
| player_years4 = 1910–1913
| player_team4 = [[Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball|Vanderbilt]]
| player_positions = [[Quarterback]] (football)
| coach_sport1 = Football
| coach_years2 = 1924–1936
| coach_team2 = [[Memphis Tigers football|West Tennessee]]
| coach_sport3 = Basketball
| coach_years4 = 1924–1948
| coach_team4 = [[Memphis Tigers men's basketball|West Tennessee / Memphis State]]
| coach_sport5 = Baseball
| coach_years6 = 1927
| coach_team6 = [[Memphis Tigers baseball|West Tennessee]]
| coach_years7 = 1934
| coach_team7 = [[Memphis Tigers baseball|West Tennessee]]
| overall_record = 43–60–14 (football)<br/>173–184 (basketball)<br>13–9 (baseball)
| bowl_record = 
| tournament_record = 
| championships = 
| awards = 
| coaching_records = 
}}
'''Zachary Henry Curlin'''<ref name="vanderbilt">{{cite web|url=http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/speccol/findingaids/fultonj.pdf|date=May 22, 2013|title=JOHN FULTON "UNCLE REMUS" COLLECTION 1878–1928|accessdate=November 11, 2017}}</ref> (January 31, 1890 – June 3, 1970) was an [[American football]] and [[basketball]] player and coach.

==Background and career==
Curlin attended [[Christian Brothers University|Christian Brothers College (now University)]] in Memphis and played piano in the band. He was a [[Halfback (American football)|halfback]] and [[quarterback]] on [[Dan McGugin]]'s [[Vanderbilt Commodores football]] teams from 1910 to 1913, and the starting quarterback in 1912 and 1913, leading Vandy to an [[Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association|SIAA]] title in 1912. He made kicks on both [[Harvard Crimson football|Harvard]] and [[Michigan Wolverines football|Michigan]]. Curlin was pulled for his backup Rabbi Robbins in Vanderbilt's largest win its history,<ref>{{cite book|title=Vanderbilt Football: Tales of Commodore Gridiron History|author=Bill Traughber|page=57}}</ref> a 105–0 win over [[Bethel Wildcats football|Bethel]] in [[1912 Vanderbilt Commodores football team|1912]], the muddy conditions better suited to the other's talents. Curlin later served as the [[Memphis Tigers men's basketball]] coach for many years. A street bears his name on the [[University of Memphis]] campus.

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Find a Grave|184803796}}

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[[Category:American men's basketball players]]
[[Category:American football drop kickers]]
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[[Category:Memphis Tigers football coaches]]
[[Category:Memphis Tigers men's basketball coaches]]
[[Category:Vanderbilt Commodores football players]]
[[Category:Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball players]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Memphis, Tennessee]]
[[Category:People from Mississippi County, Arkansas]]
[[Category:Players of American football from Tennessee]]
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