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Blood Miller

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Blood Miller
Sewanee Tigers – No. 5
PositionEnd
Class1924
Personal information
Weight180 lb (82 kg)
Career history
CollegeSewanee (1922)
Career highlights and awards

Virgil George "Blood" Miller was a college football player and track and field athlete for the Sewanee Tigers of Sewanee: The University of the South.[1] He later went to Tampa.[2] Miller was selected All-Southern in 1922 by Marvin McCarthy, sporting editor of the Birmingham Age-Herald,[3] a year in which he drew praise for his work against Oglethorpe.[4] He won the Porter Cup as Sewanee's best all-around athlete.[5]

References

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  1. ^ J. H. Street (November 28, 1928). "Nashville To Witness South's Oldest Classic". The Bee. p. 8. Retrieved August 25, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. ^ http://www.mocavo.com/The-Palm-of-Alpha-Tau-Omega-1925-Volume-45/339261/336
  3. ^ "Teams Selected By Various Scribes". Atlanta Constitution. December 3, 1922. p. 5. Retrieved March 7, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ^ "Sewanee Downs The Stormy Petrels of Oglethorpe, 19-0". The Sewanee Purple. Vol. 40, no. 4. October 19, 1922. pp. 1, 3.
  5. ^ "College of arts and sciences catalog and announcements, 1922-1926". University of the South. 1922.