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Walter B. Rountree

College football careerVanderbilt Commodores – No. 17; 8PositionHalfbackPersonal informationWeight145 lb (66 kg)Career historyCollegeVanderbilt (1920–1923)High schoolMorgan CountyCareer highlights and awards

SIAA championship (1921)
SoCon championship (1922, 1923)

Walter Boyce "Red" Rountree (May 31, 1903 – April, 1980)^[1]^[2] was a physician in Birmingham, Alabama.^[3] Rountree played college football and was a prominent halfback for coach Dan McGugin's Vanderbilt Commodores football team from 1920 to 1923.^[4] In 1922, Rountree played quarterback in the game against Mercer and was the star.^[5]^[6] In 1923, Rountree ran for a 63-yard touchdown in the 51–7 victory over the rival Tennessee Volunteers.^[7]

References

^ "Birmingham Public Library - Local Databases". bpldb.bplonline.org. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
^ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JL7B-96Y : accessed 11 February 2016), Walter Rountree, Apr 1980; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing). No image available United States Social Security Death Index
^ "Rare Malady Hits Children In Magic City". The Anniston Star. October 27, 1948. p. 3. Retrieved February 11, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Many Grid Stars Will Be Missing". The Atlanta Constitution. September 10, 1922.
^ "With Majority Of Regulars On Side Lines, Vandy Wins Easily From Crippled Baptists, 25-0." Augusta Chronicle 29 Oct. 1922: 2.
^ "M-"Dengues" Hold Big Vandy To 25-0". The Mercer Cluster. November 3, 1922.
^ "Vandy Defeats Tennessee 51-7". The Bee (Danville, Virginia). November 12, 1923.

External links

Walter B. Rountree at Find a Grave

1921 Vanderbilt Commodores football—national champions

1 Pink Wade
2 Oliver Kuhn
3 Rupert Smith
4 Jess Neely
7 Alvin Bell
8 Red Rountree
9 Lynn Bomar
14 Alf Sharp
15 Fatty Lawrence
16 Mizell Wilson
19 Tex Bradford
20 Preston Vaughn Overall
21 Pos Elam
23 Thomas Ryan
24 Tot McCullough
Frank Godchaux
Hugh Mixon
Henry Wakefield

Head coach: Dan McGugin
Assistant coach: Wallace Wade

*selected national champion by Clyde Berryman

v t e 1922 Vanderbilt Commodores football—national champions
1 Jess Neely 2 Oliver Kuhn 3 Alf Sharpe 4 Alvin Bell 5 Hugh Mixon 7 Lynn Bomar 11 Gil Reese 13 Everett E. Kelley 16 Henry Wakefield 17 Walter B. Rountree 19 Fatty Lawrence 20 Scotty Neill 21 Tex Bradford 22 Tot McCullough 23 Garland Morrow Head coach: Dan McGugin Assistant coaches: Wallace Wade Lewie Hardage Tom Zerfoss *selected national champion by Clyde Berryman