Elvin Butcher

Elvin Butcher
Butcher c. 1926
No. 23
PositionCenter
Personal information
Born(1907-02-09)February 9, 1907
Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.
DiedJune 6, 1957(1957-06-06) (aged 50)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Listed weight184 lb (83 kg)
Career information
CollegeTennessee (1925–1928)
Awards and highlights

Elvin Oscar Butcher (February 9, 1907 – June 6, 1957) was a college football and basketball player for the Tennessee Volunteers of the University of Tennessee.

University of Tennessee

Football

Butcher was a prominent football player for Robert Neyland's Tennessee Volunteers from 1925 to 1928. Butcher was selected for a 1920s All-Tennessee football team.

1927

Butcher was selected All-Southern at the center position in 1927. His play against Vanderbilt helped secure the spot, as he outplayed Vandy center Vernon Sharpe, who arguably had the better season. One of the All-Southern teams was to face an all-star squad of Pacific Coast players, and as a result the basketball team took a significant hit from the loss of its captain Butcher.

References

  1. ↑ "ELVIN BUTCHER - California, Death Record Index, 1940–1997". Mocavo. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015.
  2. ↑ Who's who in American Sports. 1928. p. 117 – via Archive.org. Open access icon
  3. ↑ Fields, Bud; Bertucci, Bob (October 1, 1982). Big Orange: a pictorial history of University of Tennessee football. Leisure Press. p. 99. ISBN 9780880110716 – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ "Spears Given Highest Vote in Selection". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. November 27, 1927 – via Google News.
  5. ↑ "Four Georgia Grid Stars Voted Places On United Press Conference Team". Banner-Herald. November 23, 1917. Archived from the original on December 11, 2014. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
  6. ↑ Randy Moore (2005). Tennessee Volunteers Men's Basketball. Globe Pequot Press. p. 3. ISBN 9780762737024 – via Google Books.