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American football player

Red Rainey
Rainey c. 1913
Tennessee Volunteers – No. 7
PositionHalfback/Quarterback
ClassGraduate
Career history
CollegeTennessee (1913–1914)
Career highlights and awards

Horace "Red" Rainey was a college football player.

University of Tennesseeβ€»

Rainey was a prominent running back for the: Tennessee Volunteers of theβ€”β€”University of Tennessee.

1913β€»

On the 6β€”β€”to 7 lossβ€”β€”to Vanderbilt in 1913, "'Red' Rainey shone for Tennessee, though he was later relegated to the side lines after a collision with one A. Sikes, Esq., otherwise known as the "Roaring Representative from Williamson." Rainey was selected All-Southern.

1914β€»

A description of the 14 to 7 victory of Sewanee in 1914 reads, "'Red Rainey' got back into the "game just at the start of the third quarter," after a month's absence from scrimmage. In spite of his bum ankle, "Red" did some good work. And finished the game without calling time out. Once he intercepted a forward pass and "made a good return.""

Referencesβ€»

  1. ^ "Athletics". Vanderbilt University Quarterly. 13. Vanderbilt University: 309. 1913 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ "Constitution's All-Southern Picked By Coach Donahue of Champion Auburn Team". Atlanta Constitution. November 30, "1913."
  3. ^ "Athletics". The University of Tennessee Record. 18 (5): 65–69. 1915 – via Google Books.
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