Vernon Sharpe
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| Vanderbilt Commodores | |
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| Position | Center |
| Career history | |
| College | Vanderbilt (1926–1927) |
| Personal information | |
| Date of birth | November 30, 1906 |
| Place of birth | Nashville, Tennessee |
| Date of death | April 5, 1991 (aged 84) |
| Place of death | Brentwood, Tennessee |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Weight | 181 lb (82 kg) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
Vernon Hibbett Sharpe, Jr. (November 30, 1906 – April 5, 1991) was a college football player and coach.
Vernon Sharpe, Jr. was born in Nashville on November 30, 1906 to Vernon Hibbett Sharpe and Lorene Seleney Dandridge. His older brother Alf Sharpe was also a Vanderbilt center.
He was a prominent center for Dan McGugin's Vanderbilt Commodores of Vanderbilt University. He was in the same class as the quarterback to whom he snapped the ball, College Football Hall of Fame member Bill Spears.
Sharpe was captain of the 1927 team, which included the nation's leading scorer in running back Jimmy Armistead. Sharpe received the second most All-Southern votes of any center, behind Elvin Butcher of Tennessee. Sharpe arguably had the better season, but was seen as having been outperformed by Butcher in the Vanderbilt–Tennessee game. Sharpe was suffering from a knee injury at the time, including the week before against Georgia Tech and Peter Pund. He was called by coach McGugin the greatest Vandy center since Stein Stone.
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