Walter Barrett

Walter Barrett
Sewanee Tigers
Position Quarterback/Running back
Class Graduate
Career history
College Sewanee (19051907)
High school Mooney School
Personal information
Date of birth (1885-01-09)January 9, 1885
Place of birth Covington, Tennessee
Date of death June 11, 1931(1931-06-11) (aged 46)
Place of death San Antonio, Texas
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight 155 lb (70 kg)
Career highlights and awards

Walter Stanley Barrett (January 9, 1885 June 11, 1931) was a college football player.

Sewanee

Barrett was a prominent running back for the Sewanee Tigers football team of Sewanee:The University of the South.[1]

He was captain and quarterback in 1907,[2] for one of Sewanee's greatest teams.[3] Barrett was selected All-Southern.[4]

References

  1. "Lettermen". Sewanee Alumni News: 14–18. 1949.
  2. "Tigers Are A Husky Bunch". Atlanta Constitution. November 9, 1907. p. 11. Retrieved April 11, 2015 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Brown Calls Vanderbilt '06 Best Eleven South Ever Had". Atlanta Constitution. February 19, 1911. p. 52. Retrieved March 8, 2015 via Newspapers.com.
  4. J. W. Heisman (December 1, 1907). "Coach Heisman Selects An All-Southern Eleven". Atlanta Constitution. Retrieved March 3, 2015 via Newspapers.com.


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