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Walker Leach - Wikipedia

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Walker Leach
Tennessee Volunteers
Position	Halfback/End
Class	Graduate
Personal information
Born:	(1888-07-22)July 22, 1888 Virginia, U.S.
Died:	January 2, 1944(1944-01-02) (aged 55) Tennessee, U.S.
Career history
College	Tennessee (1905–1908)
Career highlights and awards
All-Southern (1908)

John Walker Leach (July 22, 1888 – January 2, 1944) was a college football player.

University of Tennessee

He was a prominent, halfback, end and kicker for the Tennessee Volunteers of the University of Tennessee. At Tennessee, he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon. He was once appointed alumni member of the Tennessee Athletic Council.^[1] He was nominated though not selected for an Associated Press All-Time Southeast 1869-1919 era team.^[2]

1907

Leach played at end in 1907.

1908

Leach was captain of the school's 1908 team which was widely considered the best Tennessee football season up to that point.^[3] That year Vanderbilt coach Dan McGugin noted "All things considered, Leach was perhaps the best football player of the year in Dixie."^[4] The team included College Football Hall of Fame guard Nathan Dougherty.

References

^ Sigma Alpha Epsilon (1910). "Tennessee". The Record of Sigma Alpha Epsilon. 30 – via Google Books.
^ "U-T Greats On All-Time Southeast Team". Kingsport Post. July 31, 1969 – via Google News.
^ Fields, Bud; Bertucci, Bob (1982). Big Orange: a pictorial history of University of Tennessee football. p. 34. ISBN 9780880110716 – via Google Books.
^ Spalding's Football Guide. Shawnee Mission, Kansas, NCAA Publishing Service. 1909. p. 75 – via Archive.org.

Tennessee Volunteers starting quarterbacks

Howard Ijams (1891–1893)
D. C. Chapman (1896)
Strang Nicklin (1897)
C. L. Bryan (1899)
J. G. Logan (1900)
Sax Crawford (1901–1902)
T. R. Watkins (1903–1904)
Walker Leach (1905)
J. C. Loucks (1906–1908)
Chauncey Raulston (1909)
Rufus Branch (1909–1912)
Red Rainey (1913)
Bill May (1914–1915)
Buck Hatcher (1916)
Willis McCabe (1919)
Joe Evans (1920)
Roe Campbell (1921–1924)
Jimmie Smith (1922)
Billy Harkness (1924–1926)
Jimmy Elmore (1927)
D. Vincent Tudor (1927–1929)
Roy Witt (1928)
Bobby Dodd (1928–1930)
Deke Brackett (1931–1932)
Beattie Feathers (1933)
Charles Vaughan (1934)
Phil Dickens (1935–1936)
Walter Wood (1937)
George Cafego (1938–1939)
Van Thompson (1940)
Johnny Butler (1941)
Jim Gaffney (1943)
Buzz Warren (1943–1944)
Walter Slater (1946)
Orvis Milner (1947)
Jack Armstrong (1948)
Jimmy Hill (1949–1950)
Jimmy Hahn (1950–1951)
Bill Blackstock (1951)
Hal Hubbard (1952)
Bill Barbish (1953)
Jimmy Beutel (1954–1955)
Johnny Majors (1956)
Bobby Gordon (1957)
Billy Majors (1958–1960)
Glenn Glass (1960–1961)
Mallon Faircloth (1961–1963)
Art Galiffa (1964–1966)
Dewey Warren (1967)
Bubba Wyche (1968)
Bobby Scott (1969–1970)
Condredge Holloway (1973–1974)
Randy Wallace (1975–1976)
Pat Ryan (1977)
Jimmy Streater (1978–1979)
Steve Alatorre (1980–1981)
Alan Cockrell (1981–1983)
Tony Robinson (1984–1985)
Jeff Francis (1987–1988)
Sterling Henton (1989)
Andy Kelly (1989–1991)
Heath Shuler (1992–1993)
Jerry Colquitt (1994)
Todd Helton (1994)
Peyton Manning (1994–1997)
Tee Martin (1998–1999)
A. J. Suggs (2000)
Casey Clausen (2000–2003)
C.J. Leak (2002)
James Banks (2002)
Brent Schaeffer (2004)
Rick Clausen (2004–2005)
Erik Ainge (2004–2007)
Jonathan Crompton (2006, 2008–2009)
Nick Stephens (2008)
Matt Simms (2010–2011)
Tyler Bray (2010–2012)
Justin Worley (2013–2014)
Nathan Peterman (2013–2014)
Joshua Dobbs (2013–2016)
Quinten Dormady (2017)
Jarrett Guarantano (2017–2020)
Will McBride (2017)
Brian Maurer (2019)
J. T. Shrout (2019)
Harrison Bailey (2020)
Joe Milton (2021–2023)
Hendon Hooker (2021–2022)
Nico Iamaleava (2023–2024)

v t e 1908 College Football All-Southern Team composite selections
Backfield	QB Ray Morrison HB Walker Leach HB Lewie Hardage FB Lawrence Markley†
Line	E John Vaughn Blake† E Walker Reynolds T Frank Faulkinberry† T J. R. Davis G Louis Hasslock G James L. Harris C C. C. Countess
† = Unanimous selection

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