University of the South Cemetery, Sewanee, Tennessee
Parents
Charles Juhan Minnie Hervey
Spouse
Vera Louise MacKnight
Children
3
Francis Alexander "June" Juhan (April 27, 1887 – December 31, 1967) was an American football player and coach as well as an Episcopal bishop.
He played center for the Sewanee Tigers football team and was the first roving linebacker in the South, analogous to Germany Schulz's status in football history nationally. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1966, and is also a charter member of the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame and a member of the Sewanee Athletics Hall of Fame.
Juhan was selected for his position on George Trevor's all-time Sewanee football team.[5] He was nominated though not selected for an Associated Press All-Time Southeast 1869-1919 era team.[6]
The Juhan Gym, where Sewanee today plays basketball, is named after him. It was dedicated on June 8, 1957.[3] Juhan was a charter member of the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame.[7]
Juhan was also a member of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity on campus, and Bishop's Commons on central campus is also named after him.
Coaching
Juhan assisted his alma mater's football team from 1913 to 1915.
He was consecrated the fourth Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Florida on November 25, 1924, by Presiding Bishop Ethelbert Talbot. He was the youngest diocesan bishop in the Episcopal Church at the time of his consecration, and the senior active bishop in the church when he retired in 1956. He also became Chancellor of the University of the South in 1944, a post he retained till 1950. He served as Director of Development for Sewanee after 1956.[8]