Tarzan Holt

Tarzan Holt
Tennessee Volunteers
Position End
Career history
College Tennessee (1920–1923)
Career highlights and awards

Robert "Tarzan" Holt was a college football player and high school football coach. He once coached high school football at Tellico Plains, Tennessee.[1] He also coached under Bill Brennan at Little Rock College.[2]

University of Tennessee

Holt was a prominent end for the Tennessee Volunteers football team of the University of Tennessee from 1920 to 1923. Coach M. B. Banks moved him to the position from the backfield.[3]

1922

He was selected All-Southern in 1922.[4][5]

1923

Holt was elected captain of 1923.[6][7][8]

References

  1. ↑ "In the Realm of Sport" (PDF). The Troy Times. September 7, 1932.
  2. ↑ "Football Practice". The Guardian. August 25, 1928. p. 3.
  3. ↑ "University of Tennessee". 1922. p. 146.
  4. ↑ "Georgia Tech Has Four on All-Southern Team". Richmond Times Dispatch. December 10, 1922.
  5. ↑ Cliff Wheatley (December 10, 1922). "Al Staton, Davis, Whelchel Frye, Roberts, Cobington, Bennett, Fletcher Picked". Atlanta Constitution. p. 3. Retrieved March 16, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Tarzan Holt Captain". Daily Illini. December 20, 1922. Retrieved May 6, 2015.
  7. ↑ "2002 Football Captains Selected".
  8. ↑ Bud Fields (October 1, 1982). Big Orange: A Pictorial History of University of Tennessee football. p. 70.


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