Joe Guyon
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Position: | Tackle, halfback | ||||
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Born: | White Earth, Minnesota, U.S. | November 26, 1892||||
Died: | November 27, 1971 Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. | (aged 79)||||
Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||
Weight: | 190 lb (86 kg) | ||||
Career information | |||||
College: | Carlisle, Georgia Tech | ||||
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Joseph Napoleon "Big Chief" Guyon (
Early life
Guyon was born on the White Earth Indian Reservation in White Earth, Minnesota.[1] He received only a sixth-grade education from the American government.[1] Guyon also spent time in Magdalena, New Mexico.[2]
Football career
College
Carlisle
Guyon attended and played
The 1912 team posted a 12–1–1 record, scored 454 points, and was Jim Thorpe's greatest season. Guyon played on the team as left tackle.[4] In the game against Army featuring the likes of future US President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Leland Devore was ejected for manhandling Guyon.[5]
The 1913 team went 10–1–1, scoring 296 points. Guyon shifted to Thorpe's place at halfback and was honored by Walter Camp as a second-team All-American.[3]
Keewatin
From 1914 to 1915, Guyon attended the Keewatin Academy in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin,[6] to regain college eligibility.[7]
Georgia Tech
Guyon then attended and played football at
1917
The 1917 team went 9–0, scored 491 points, was crowned national champion, and was for many years considered "the greatest the South ever produced."
In a 63–0 rout of
Against Tulane, each of the four members of the backfield eclipsed 100 yards rushing. "Strupper, Guyon, Hill, and Harlan form a backfield with no superiors and few equals in football history" wrote the
1918
The 1918 team went 6–1, scoring 462. Guyon was used mainly as a fullback, though sometimes as a tackle. He was honored as a
Professional
Guyon signed to play professional football with the
Then in 1927, Guyon joined the Giants and helped lead the team to the 1927 NFL Championship.[1]
Coaching
Guyon coached the Bulldogs of Union University in Jackson, Tennessee in 1919.[18] He returned to Union in 1923 and coached all sports from 1923 to 1927.[19][20] Union inducted Guyon into its sports hall of fame in 2008.[21]
Guyon coached the backfield of the 1920 Georgia Tech team.[22] He also coached high school football at St. Xavier High School in Louisville, Kentucky from 1931 to 1933, with a 16–7–2 record.[3]
Baseball career
Guyon was also a "minor league baseball star".[23]
Player
Guyon had previously hit over .340 three consecutive years for the
Coach
Guyon was the head coach of the Clemson Tigers baseball team at Clemson University from 1928 to 1931. He managed the Anderson Electrics in the Palmetto League in 1931, the Asheville Tourists in 1932, and the Fieldale Towlers in 1936.
Head coaching record
Football
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Union (Tennessee) Bulldogs (Independent) (1919)
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1919 | Union | 2–5 | |||||||
Union (Tennessee) Bulldogs (Independent) (1923–1924)
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1923 | Union | 4–4–1 | |||||||
1924 | Union | 3–6 | |||||||
Union (Tennessee) Bulldogs (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association ) (1925–1926)
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1925 | Union | 5–4 | 1–1 | T–11th | |||||
1926 | Union | 3–6 | 1–4 | 22nd | |||||
Union (Tennessee): | 17–25–1 | 2–5 | |||||||
Total: | 17–25–1 |
Notes
Endnotes
- ^ a b c d e f "Joe Guyon's HOF Profile". Pro Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2009-01-21.
- ^ a b c d e f "Joe Guyon". College Football Hall of Fame. Football Foundation. Retrieved 2009-01-21.
- ISBN 9781317464037.
- ^ Sentinel, Joseph Cress, The (8 November 2012). "Carlisle vs. Army: 100 years later, game remembered for celebrity players".
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- ISBN 9780786469574.
- ^ "All-Time Football Team Lists Greats Of Past, Present". Gadsden Times. July 27, 1969.
- ^ a b Umphlett 1992, p. 142
- ^ Umphlett 1992, p. 141
- ^ Spalding Football Guide. Shawnee Mission, Kansas, NCAA Publishing Service. 1918.
- ^ "Strupper and Guyon of Georgia Tech Are Hailed As Two of the Greatest Pigskin Heroes In Seasons". The Day. November 19, 1917.
- The Technique. October 2, 1917. p. 4. Archived from the original(PDF) on October 30, 2014.
- ^ "Georgia Crushes W. And. L" (PDF). The New York Times. October 21, 1917. p. 3.
- ^ McCarty 1988a, p. 5
- ^ a b c McCarty 1988b, p. 15
- ^ "Golden Tornado Wins Great Victory" (PDF). The Technique. December 4, 1917. p. 4.
- ^ Union University (January 1, 1920). Lest We Forget 1920. Student Organizations of Union University.
- ^ "Coach Guyon Leaves Union". Cardinal and Cream. April 8, 1927 – via Union University Archives.
- ^ "Union to induct six into Sports Hall of Fame Nov. 7 - News Release". 5 November 2008.
- ^ https://www.uu.edu/events/homecoming/2008/AlumniEvents_2008.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Blue Print, 1921". Georgia Institute of Technology. 1 January 1921.
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References
- McCarty, Bernie (February 1988). "Georgia Tech's 1917 backfield, better than the Four Horsemen: Part 1" (PDF). College Football Historical Society Newsletter. 1 (3). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016.
- McCarty, Bernie (May 1988). "Georgia Tech's 1917 backfield, better than the Four Horsemen: Part 2" (PDF). College Football Historical Society Newsletter. 1 (4). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016.
- Umphlett, Wiley Lee (1992). Creating the Big Game: John W. Heisman and the Invention of American Football. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 141. ISBN 978-0-313-28404-5.
External links
- Joe Guyon at the Pro Football Hall of Fame
- Joe Guyon at the College Football Hall of Fame
- Career statistics and player information from NFL.com · Pro Football Reference
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Joe Guyon at Find a Grave