Will Metzger
Fullback | |
| Class | Graduate |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Born: | August 21, 1890 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Died: | December 2, 1951 (aged 61) Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Weight | 175 lb (79 kg) |
| Career history | |
| College | Vanderbilt (1908–1911) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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William Edgar "Frog" Metzger, Jr. (August 21, 1890 – December 2, 1951) was a college football player.
Vanderbilt
Metzger was a prominent
lineman.[1] Metzger was selected for an Associated Press Southeast Area All-Time football team 1869-1919 era.[2] Metzger was chosen for an all-time Vandy team in 1912,[3] as well as an All-time Vandy team published in Vanderbilt's yearbook in 1934. At Vanderbilt he was a member of the Kappa Alpha
fraternity.
1909
Metzger was injured in the loss to Ohio State in 1909, breaking his leg just above the knee.[4]
1910
The
South to get on one of Camp's teams.[8]
References
- ^ "2014 Vanderbilt Commodores Football Media Guide" (PDF). p. 143.
- ^ "All-Time Football Team Lists Greats Of Past, Present". Gadsden Times. July 27, 1969.
- ^ Vanderbilt University (1913). Vanderbilt University Quarterly. Vol. 13. p. 56.
- Newspapers.com.
- ^ Traughber, Bill (November 9, 2005). "Commodores Shock Powerful Yale in 1910". Retrieved February 11, 2015.
- ISBN 9781461734772.
- ^ "Three Westerners Selected By Camp: Benbrook and Wells of Michigan and Walker of Minnesota Named for All-American". The Indianapolis Star. 1910-12-11.
- ^ Order, Kappa Alpha (1913). "On the Gridiron and Diamond". The Kappa Alpha Journal. 30 (2): 211.
