Eric Cheape

Eric Cheape
Sewanee Tigers
Position Guard
Class Graduate
Career history
College Sewanee (1907–1909)
Personal information
Born: (1885-11-23)November 23, 1885
Avon Park, Florida
Died: October, 1973
Sewanee, Tennessee
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight 170 lb (77 kg)
Career highlights and awards

Frederick Peter "Eric" Cheape (November 23, 1885 – October, 1973) was a college football player.

Sewanee

Cheape was a prominent guard for the Sewanee Tigers football team of Sewanee:The University of the South from 1907 to 1909. He was from Avon Park, Florida.[1]

1907

He was a member of the 1907 team, one of Sewanee's greatest.[2]

1909

He was selected All-Southern in 1909,[3] a year in which Sewanee was conference champion.

References

  1. ↑ "Tigers Are A Husky Bunch". Atlanta Constitution. November 9, 1907. p. 11. Retrieved April 11, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "Brown Calls Vanderbilt '06 Best Eleven South Ever Had". Atlanta Constitution. February 19, 1911. p. 52. Retrieved March 8, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "The All-Southern Eleven Picked By Coach Heisman". Atlanta Constitution. November 28, 1909. p. 3. Retrieved March 4, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.


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