By Walton

By Walton
Sport(s) Basketball, football
Biographical details
Alma mater University of Mississippi
Playing career
1910-1912 Ole Miss
Position(s) Center; End (football)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1911-1912 Ole Miss
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
All-Southern football player (1911)

Byron S. "By" Walton was a college football player, track star, and basketball player and coach at the University of Mississippi.

Early years

Walton attended Central High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[1]

Ole Miss

He stood 6 feet tall and weighed 180 pounds.

Football

Walton was a prominent end for the Ole Miss Rebels football team. He was nominated though not selected for an Associated Press All-Time Southeast 1869-1919 era team.[2]

1911

He was selected All-Southern in 1911.[3][4][5] He once stripped Ray Morrison of Vanderbilt 10 yards short of the goal. Heisman describes Walton: "This chap weighs 180 stripped, is fast as a deer, willing as a shepherd dog, strong as an ox, and has the judgment of a football player. Against Mercer and Vanderbilt he was simply invulnerable; nothing could get around his end. And when it came to getting down the field and nailing his man under punts he proved himself a perfect demon."[5]

Basketball

He played center and was captain and coach of the basketball team in 1911-1912.

Penn

Walton also attended the University of Pennsylvania.[6]

Camp athletics

In 1917 Walton was appointed by the Fosdick Commission to direct Army camp athletics in Syracuse, New York.[6]

References

  1. Handbook of the Central High School of Philadelphia. 1922. p. 85. Retrieved March 9, 2015 via Google books.
  2. "U-T Greats On All-Time Southeast Team". Kingsport Post. July 31, 1969.
  3. Nathan Stauffer. "The All-Southern Football Team of 1911". Collier's Weekly. 48: 197.
  4. Spalding's Football Guide. 1911. pp. 35, 65.
  5. 1 2 "Heisman Picks 5 Commodores On His All-Southern Eleven". Atlanta Constitution. December 3, 1911. p. 1. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
  6. 1 2 "Will Direct Camp Sports" (PDF). Syracuse Journal. August 18, 1917.
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