Edward Slaughter
Slaughter as shown in the 1925 Michiganensian (Bentley Image Bank)
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| Sport(s) | Football, golf |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
February 26, 1903 Louisville, Kentucky |
| Died | June 30, 1985 (aged 82) Charlottesville, Virginia |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1922–1924 | Michigan |
| Position(s) | Guard |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1925–1926 | Wisconsin (line) |
| 1927–1930 | NC State (line) |
| 1931–1940 | Virginia (line) |
| 1946–1948 | Virginia (line) |
| Golf | |
| 1940–c. 1958 | Virginia |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
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All-American, 1923 All-American, 1924 |
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Edward Ratliff "Butch" Slaughter, Sr. (February 26, 1903 – June 30, 1985), also known as Edliff Slaughter, was an American football player, athletic coach and professor of physical education. He played guard at the University of Michigan from 1922 to 1924, and was chosen as a first-team All-American in 1924. Slaughter served as an assistant football coach at the University of Wisconsin, North Carolina State University, and the University of Virginia. He was also a member of the faculty at the University of Virginia, and held a variety of positions, including Chairman of the Department of Physical Education and Director of Intramural Sports, from 1931 until his retirement in 1973.
Slaughter was born in Louisville, Kentucky in 1903 and was an exceptional athlete. He played center and was the captain of the 1920 football team at Louisville Male High School in Louisville, Kentucky.
Slaughter enrolled at the University of Michigan in 1921 and played on Fielding H. Yost's football team as a guard from 1922 to 1924. Yost later credited Slaughter with "the greatest play in football I ever saw." The play took place in the last 18 seconds of the 1923 Michigan–Wisconsin game. Wisconsin had the ball at its own 35-yard line and needed to gain 65 yards for a score. A Wisconsin player caught a pass and appeared to be heading to a game-winning touchdown. Yost described Slaughter's "diving shoe-string tackle" as follows:
Suddenly, with a great burst of speed, a Michigan man went for him, grabbed him and downed him. I looked for the number of the Michigan man. Lo and behold, it was 'Butch' Slaughter, a guard, who, under ordinary circumstances, would have no more business in that part of the field than I would. Down Harris and Slaughter went on our 20-yard line, and with them went the chance of all chances for Wisconsin, for the whistle which ended the game blew at that moment.
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