Alonzo Carroll

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Goat Carroll
Tennessee Volunteers – No. 8
Position
End
ClassGraduate
MajorElectrical engineering
Personal information
Born:(1894-10-03)October 3, 1894
Nashville, Tennessee
Died:August 25, 1962(1962-08-25) (aged 67)
Memphis, Tennessee
Weight165 lb (75 kg)
Career history
CollegeTennessee (1911–1914)
High schoolWallace University School
Career highlights and awards

Alonzo Marcellus "Goat" Carroll, Jr. (October 3, 1894 – August 25, 1962)[1] was a college football player.

University of Tennessee

1914

Carroll was a prominent

national championship by 1st-N-Goal, though this remains largely unrecognized.[2] He scored all the points in the 16 to 14 victory over Vanderbilt in 1914.[3] An account of the first touchdown reads, "Four minutes of play had barely drifted by when Tennessee's weird, mystic, elusive forward pass, May to Carroll, deadly in accuracy, went sailing home for the first touchdown of the game. The chesty Tennessee quarterback sent the oval whizzing for a distance of thirty-five yards and Carroll gathered in the ball near his goal line, when he hurried beneath the posts with all the speed at his command."[4] Carroll was selected All-Southern.[5]

References

  1. ^ U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Registration State: Georgia; Registration County: Spalding; Roll: 1558567
  2. ^ "Tennessee Total National Championships". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on January 17, 2010. Retrieved June 1, 2010.
  3. – via Google Books.
  4. ^ "Athletics". The University of Tennessee Record. 18 (5): 65. 1915 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ Spalding's Official Football Guide. NCAA. 1915 – via Google Books.