Grailey Berryhill
Grailey Berryhill | |
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| File:Grailey Berryhill (c. 1919).jpg Berryhill in football uniform, c. 1919 | |
| Member of the Tennessee House of Representatives from Tennessee | |
| In office 1967–1973 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 17, 1896 McKenzie, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Died | January 10, 1976 (aged 79) Jackson, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Party | Republican |
| Residence | Madison County, Tennessee |
| Education | Vanderbilt University (MD) |
| Occupation | Physician |
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Grailyn Hewitt "Grailey" Berryhill (August 17, 1896 – January 10, 1976) was an American football player, physician, and politician. He was a star running back for Dan McGugin's Vanderbilt Commodores of Vanderbilt University. He scored six touchdowns in the 76 to 0 win over Tennessee in 1918,[1][2] and was captain-elect for 1921.[3] Berryhill received one of the school's highest honors that a student could achieve, the "Bachelor of Ugliness." He was also a three-term member of the Tennessee General Assembly.[4]
Early years
[edit | edit source]Grailey Berryhill was born on August 17, 1896, in McKenzie, Tennessee, to Adam Douglas Berryhill and Harriett Costen.
Vanderbilt
[edit | edit source]When Berryhill did not return to the 1921 Vanderbilt Commodores football team, sports writer Ferguson "Fuzzy" Woodruff wrote "While prospects seem fair to middling in most of the big southern colleges, there are two notable exceptions. Dan McGugin expects nothing of Vanderbilt this year. Dan has lost Berryhill, his only reliable backfield man, through the matrimonial route."[5]
Berryhill graduated with an MD from Vanderbilt University in 1921.
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Russell, Fred, and Maxwell Edward Benson. Fifty Years of Vanderbilt Football. Nashville, TN, 1938, p. 36
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- ^ "Berryhill Named Captain of Vandy". Montgomery Adviser. November 30, 1920.
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Grailey Berryhill at Find a GraveLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- 1896 births
- 1976 deaths
- American football halfbacks
- Vanderbilt Commodores football players
- Vanderbilt University School of Medicine alumni
- Players of American football from Tennessee
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- Members of the Tennessee House of Representatives
- Physicians from Tennessee
- All-Southern college football players
- People from McKenzie, Tennessee
- 20th-century members of the Tennessee General Assembly
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