John Scarbrough
| Profile | |
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| Position | Quarterback |
| Personal information | |
| Born | October 20, 1885 Rockdale, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | March 3, 1960 (aged 74) Austin, Texas, U.S. |
| Weight | 135 lb (61 kg) |
| Career information | |
| College | Sewanee (1904–1905) |
| Awards and highlights | |
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John William Scarbrough (October 20, 1885 – March 3, 1960) was a college football player. He later became a successful department store owner in Austin.[1][2]
Early years
[edit | edit source]Scarbrough was born on October 20, 1885, in Rockdale, Texas, to Eugene Monroe Scarbrough and Ada Ledbetter.
Sewanee
[edit | edit source]Scarbrough was an All-Southern quarterback for the Sewanee Tigers of Sewanee: The University of the South,[3][4] and captain of its team in 1905. On the dedication of Harris Stadium, one writer noted "The University of the South has numbered among its athletes some of the greatest. Anyone who played against giant Henry Phillips in 1901-1903 felt that he was nothing less than the best as guard and fullback. Anyone who ever saw a punt from the foot of J. W. Scarbrough."[5] One source calls him the "prince of punters and runners."[6] Yet another, "the greatest kicker of them all."[1] He also drop kicked.[7]
He scored the Tigers' only points in the 68 to 4 loss to Vanderbilt.
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- 1885 births
- 1960 deaths
- American football quarterbacks
- American football punters
- Sewanee Tigers football players
- Players of American football from Texas
- People from Rockdale, Texas
- All-Southern college football players
- American football drop kickers
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- College football player stubs