Warbler Wilson

Warbler Wilson
Sewanee Tigers
Position	Quarterback
Class	Graduate
Personal information
Born:	November 28, 1878; Rock Hill, South Carolina, U.S.
Died:	December 8, 1958 (aged 80); Rock Hill, South Carolina, U.S.
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight	154 lb (70 kg)
Career history
College	South Carolina (1896); Sewanee (1897–1900)
Career highlights and awards
	SIAA championship (1898, 1899); All-Southern (1899);

William Blackburn "Warbler" Wilson (November 28, 1878 – December 8, 1958) was a college football player and city recorder.

College football

Wilson was an All-Southern^[1] quarterback.

South Carolina

Wilson came from Rock Hill, South Carolina, and played as a backup for the South Carolina Gamecocks in 1896.

Sewanee

In part due to Luke Lea,^[2] Wilson came to Sewanee:The University of the South as a law student.^[3] He was a prominent quarterback from 1897 to 1900.

1898

In 1898 he led the Tigers to an undefeated year, playing through a broken leg in the 19–4 victory over Vanderbilt.^[2]

1899

Wilson was the quarterback and a key member of the undefeated 1899 "Iron Men" who won five road games by shutout in six days.^[2] Supposedly he also played with a broken leg for 45 minutes in the last game of the road trip of '99, against Ole Miss.^[4] A documentary film about this team and Wilson's role was released in 2022 called "Unrivaled: Sewanee 1899." ^[5]

1900

He was captain of the team in 1900.^[4]

City recorder

He was the first city recorder in his native town of Rock Hill.^[4]

References

^ "All-Southern Football Team". Outing. 35. Outing Publishing Company: 533. 1900.
^ ^a ^b ^c Wendell Givens (2003). Ninety-Nine Iron: The Season Sewanee Won Five Games in Six Days. University of Alabama Press. p. 30. ISBN 9780817350628.
^ Givens, Wendell (1993). "Sewanee's Football Iron Men of 1899". Tennessee Historical Quarterly. 52. Tennessee Historical Commission and the Tennessee Historical Society.
^ ^a ^b ^c "About Sewanee Alumni". Sewanee News: 11. 1959.
^ "Unrivaled: Sewanee 1899", Wikipedia, January 23, 2023, retrieved January 31, 2023

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[1] "All-Southern Football Team". Outing. 35. Outing Publishing Company: 533. 1900.

[iron-2] Wendell Givens (2003). Ninety-Nine Iron: The Season Sewanee Won Five Games in Six Days. University of Alabama Press. p. 30. ISBN 9780817350628.

[hist-3] Givens, Wendell (1993). "Sewanee's Football Iron Men of 1899". Tennessee Historical Quarterly. 52. Tennessee Historical Commission and the Tennessee Historical Society.

[alumni-4] "About Sewanee Alumni". Sewanee News: 11. 1959.

[5] "Unrivaled: Sewanee 1899", Wikipedia, January 23, 2023, retrieved January 31, 2023

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