Gil Reese
Reese in 1922
"The Tupelo Flash" |
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| Sport(s) | Football, Basketball, Baseball |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born | January 14, 1901 Tupelo, Mississippi |
| Died | May 30, 1993 (aged 92) Obion, Tennessee |
| Alma mater | Vanderbilt University |
| Playing career | |
| Football: | |
| 1922–1925 | Vanderbilt |
| Baseball: | |
| 1922–1925 | Vanderbilt |
| Basketball: | |
| 1922–1925 | Vanderbilt |
| Position(s) | Halfback, Forward, Outfielder |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1926 | UT Doctors |
| 1927 | New Bry’s Hurricanes (AFL) |
| 1933 | Southern Rails baseball |
| 1936–? | Sacred Heart High School (Memphis, TN) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
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Football: 2 SoCon (1922, 1923) |
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| Awards | |
| Three-sport captain (1925) Porter Cup (1924) Football: 2x All-Southern (1923, 1924) third-team All-American (1923, 1924) 1934 All-time Vandy team |
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David Argillus "Gil" Reese (January 14, 1901 – May 30, 1993) nicknamed "The Tupelo Flash" was an American football, basketball, and baseball player for the Vanderbilt Commodores of Vanderbilt University. He was captain of all three his senior year, the first to do so at Vanderbilt. Gil was the brother of baseball player Andy Reese, playing with him on the Florence Independents in Alabama.
Gil was born on January 14, 1901 in Tupelo, Mississippi, attended and played sports at Tupelo High School with his brother Andy.
Reese attended Vanderbilt University in Nashville. He was a member of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. Reese received the Bachelor of Ugliness his senior year.
Reese played for coach Dan McGugin's Vanderbilt Commodores football teams from 1922 to 1925. Gil was a prominent member of Commodores teams that compiled a win-loss-tie record of 26–5–3 (.797) over his four seasons, including two Southern Conference titles. Gil weighed 155 pounds and wore number 11. He was a main focus of backfield coach and former Vanderbilt great Lewie Hardage ever since his first year. "I played against Reese three years" said Billy Harkness, former Tennessee Volunteers quarterback and captain of its 1926 team, "and touched his heel once." It was said Reese could run 100 yards in 10.1 seconds. In 1934, Reese was selected for Vanderbilt's all-time football team.
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