William O. Lowe

Chink Lowe
Tennessee Volunteers
Position Guard
Class Graduate
Career history
College Tennessee (1914–1916; 1919)
Personal information
Born: (1894-05-23)May 23, 1894
Loudon County, Tennessee
Died: March 12, 1949(1949-03-12) (aged 54)
Fountain City, Tennessee
Career highlights and awards

William Oscar "Chink" Lowe (May 23, 1894 – March 12, 1949) was a college football player. He later served as the first commissioner of the Smoky Mountain Conference.[1]

Early years

William Oscar Lowe was born on May 23, 1894 in Loudon County, Tennessee to Jesse Grant Lowe and Margaret Anna Alexander.[2] His father was a teacher.[3]

University of Tennessee

Chink Lowe was a prominent guard for the Tennessee Volunteers football team of the University of Tennessee. He was selected for an 1891-1919 All Tennessee team.[4] "Chink" and his three brothers (Andy Lowe, J. G. Lowe, and Ted Lowe) all played for Tennessee.[5]

1914

Lowe was a substitute for the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) champion 1914 team.

1916

Lowe was an All-Southern selection for the SIAA co-champion Tennessee team of 1916.[6] He was elected captain of next year's team.[7]

World War 1

Lowe served in the First World War as an observer and gunner in the Army's fledgling aviation corps. attached to the Army as a marine.[5] Lowe enrolled as a provisional second lieutenant in the Marine Corps Reserve the day after his 23rd birthday, later serving with the 90th Aero Squadron. He earned the Distinguished Service Cross.[8] Lowe shot down one German plane and disabled another. Later, on the same mission, he was attacked by five planes and still managed to complete his mission.[9]

References

  1. ↑ Tobitt, Bill (August 13, 1939). "TWO BITS' WORTH". Oakland Tribune. Retrieved March 26, 2017 – via newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ http://www.knoxlib.org/sites/default/files/delayedbirthregistrations.pdf
  3. ↑ https://archive.org/stream/recordofalumnico1896meth/recordofalumnico1896meth_djvu.txt
  4. ↑ "1891-1919 All Tennessee". Big Orange: a pictorial history of University of Tennessee football: 54. 1982.
  5. 1 2 "Volunteer Warrior". University of Tennessee Alumni Magazine.
  6. ↑ "All-Southern Football Team As Picked By Sport Writers". Augusta Chronicle. December 3, 1916.
  7. ↑ "Lowe Leads Tennessee". The Charlotte News. December 14, 1916. Retrieved March 3, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ https://history.army.mil/armyhistory/AH103(W).pdf
  9. ↑ Lowell, A. Lawrence (1 January 1997). "New England Aviators, 1914-1918: Their Portraits and Their Records". Schiffer Pub. – via Google Books.
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