Owsley Manier
Manier c. 1906
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| Vanderbilt Commodores | |
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| Position | Fullback |
| Class | 1907 |
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| High school | Wallace University School |
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| Date of birth | March 18, 1887 |
| Place of birth | Nashville, Tennessee |
| Date of death | September 1, 1956 (aged 69) |
| Place of death | Nashville, Tennessee |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Weight | 166 lb (75 kg) |
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John Owsley Manier (March 18, 1887 – September 1, 1956) was a college football player and coach and medical doctor.
J. Owsley Manier was born on March 18, 1887 in Nashville, Tennessee to William R. Manier and Mary Owsley.
Manier enrolled at Vanderbilt University, was an excellent student and received his A. B. degree in 1907.
Manier was a prominent fullback on coach Dan McGugin's Vanderbilt Commodores football team from 1904 to 1906, joining the team in McGugin's first year as head coach. He was a "great plunging back" who in which every year he played at Vanderbilt was both a member of Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) championship teams and selected All-Southern. In 1915, John Heisman said Vanderbilt's three greatest players ever were Manier, Ray Morrison, and Bob Blake.
Manier scored five touchdowns against Alabama in a 78–0 victory and again ran for five touchdowns over Georgia Tech (37–6) in Atlanta.Atlanta Constitution sportswriter Alex Lynn wrote after the Georgia Tech game, Manier was "the greatest fullback and all round man ever seen in Atlanta." Manier played in the days before two platoons and so also played on defense. In the 33–0 win over Rose Polytechnic, in which again he scored five touchdowns, he also "probably prevented the visitors from scoring by his clever defensive work." Manier was the first Vanderbilt football player to be selected to an All-America team; selected third-team All-America by Walter Camp in 1906. This makes Manier the first Southern player to make any of Camp's teams.
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