William E. Beard
American football player, journalist and historian (1873–1950)
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| Position | Quarterback |
| Class | Graduate |
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| Born: | (1873-07-12)July 12, 1873 Estill Springs, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Died: | December 21, 1950(1950-12-21) (aged 77) Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
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William Ewing Beard (July 12, 1873 – December 21, 1950) was a college football player, soldier, journalist, war correspondent, naval historian, and long-time officer of the Tennessee Historical Commission and member of the Tennessee Historical Society.[1][2] He wrote several books on Nashville and dubbed Vanderbilt University the Commodores.
Early years
Beard was born on July 12, 1873, in Estill Springs, Tennessee, to Richard Beard, a Confederate captain, and Marie Dromgoole, of Estill Springs, Tennessee.[3] He attended Vanderbilt from 1890 to 1893.[2] In 1892 Beard was the first Vanderbilt quarterback to play Tennessee.[4]
Writer
Beard joined the staff of the Nashville American in 1896.[2][5] In 1897 he was the first to dub Vanderbilt the Commodores.[6][7][8] While at the American, Beard employed former Vandy player Bob Blake.[9]
Beard became the state news editor of the Banner in 1910, promoted to associated editor in 1933.[3]
Bibliography
- It Happened in Nashville. 1912.
- The Battle of Nashville. 1913.
- Red Letter Days in Nashville. 1925.
- Nashville, the Home of History Makers. 1929.
- Andrew Jackson: Man of Destiny. 1942.
- Nashville, a memoir. 1943.
- Men Make the Navy: Recruiting of 17-year-olds Recalls Fact Most American Naval Heroes Joined Service in 'teens. 1943.
References
- ^ "William Ewing Beard Papers, Addition" (PDF). Retrieved February 5, 2015.
- ^ a b c "William Ewing Beard (Vanderbilt)". Caduceus of Kappa Sigma. 20: 425.
- ^ a b "Historical News and Notices: WILLIAM EWING BEARD". Tennessee Historical Quarterly. 9 (4): 372–378. 1950. JSTOR 42621057.
- ^ Bill Traughber (November 20, 2013). "Vanderbilt defeated Vols twice in 1892". Retrieved February 5, 2015.
- ^ "Rice-Beard". Atlanta Constitution. May 30, 1909. p. 2. Retrieved March 11, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Vanderbilt Commodores History". Retrieved February 5, 2015.
- ^ Bill Traughber. Vanderbilt Football: Tales of Commodore Gridiron History. p. 20.
- ^ "History of SEC School Mascots". Retrieved February 5, 2015.
- ^ Bill Traughber (November 23, 2011). "Vandy's gridiron Rhodes Scholars". Retrieved February 5, 2015.
External links
- William E. Beard at Find a Grave
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Vanderbilt Commodores starting quarterbacks
- Pat Estes (1890)
- William E. Beard (1892)
- W. J. Keller (1893–1894)
- Myles P. O'Connor (1895–1896)
- Joe Goodson (1897–1898)
- Frank Godchaux Sr. (1899–1900)
- Fred Hume (1901)
- Frank Kyle (1902–1905)
- Jimmy R. Haygood (1904–1905)
- Sam Costen (1906–1907)
- Ray Morrison (1908–1911)
- Zach Curlin (1912–1913)
- Hord Boensch (1913)
- Irby Curry (1914–1916)
- Sam Wilhite (1917)
- Dooch Sherman (1918)
- Swayne Latham (1919–1920)
- Frank Godchaux Jr. (1921)
- Oliver Kuhn (1921–1923)
- E. M. Waller (1924)
- Neil Cargile (1924–1925)
- Bill Spears (1925–1927)
- Jimmy Armistead (1928)
- Benny Parker (1929–1930)
- Tommy Henderson (1930–1932)
- Rand Dixon (1933–1935)
- Lunny Huggins (1936–1937)
- Bert Marshall (1937–1938)
- Junius Plunkett (1939)
- Charlton Davis (1940)
- Jack Jenkins (1941–1942)
- Jack Kaley (1943)
- John Rich (1945)
- Jamie Wade (1946–1947, 1949)
- Bobby Berry (1948)
- Bill Wade (1950–1951)
- Bill Krietemeyer (1952)
- Jim Looney (1953–1954)
- Don Orr (1955)
- Boyce Smith (1956–1958)
- Russ Morris (1959)
- Hank Lesesne (1960–1962)
- Jon Cleveland (1963)
- David Waller (1964)
- Bob Kerr (1965)
- Gary Davis (1966)
- Roger May (1967)
- John Miller (1968)
- Watson Brown (1969)
- Denny Painter (1970)
- Steve Burger (1971)
- Steve Lainhart (1972)
- Fred Fisher (1973–1975)
- David Lee (1974)
- Randy Hampton (1976)
- Mike Wright (1977)
- Van Heflin (1978–1979)
- Whit Taylor (1980–1982)
- Kurt Page (1983–1984)
- John Gromos (1985; 1989)
- Mark Wracher (1986)
- Eric Jones (1987–1988)
- Mike Healy (1990)
- Marcus Wilson (1991–1992)
- Ronnie Gordon (1993–1994)
- Damian Allen (1995–1997)
- Greg Zolman (1998–2001)
- Jay Cutler (2002–2005)
- Chris Nickson (2006–2008)
- Mackenzi Adams (2007–2009)
- Larry Smith (2008–2011)
- Jared Funk (2010)
- Jordan Rodgers (2011–2012)
- Austyn Carta-Samuels (2012–2013)
- Patton Robinette (2013–2014)
- Stephen Rivers (2014)
- Wade Freebeck (2014)
- Johnny McCrary (2014–2015)
- Kyle Shurmur (2015–2018)
- Riley Neal (2019)
- Deuce Wallace (2019)
- Ken Seals (2020–2021, 2023)
- Mike Wright (2021–2022)
- AJ Swann (2022–2023)
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