1. David Argillus "Gil" Reese nicknamed "the Tupelo Flash" was an American football, basketball, and baseball player for the Vanderbilt Commodores of Vanderbilt University.
33 Facts About Gil Reese
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Gil Reese was captain of all three his senior year, the first to do so at Vanderbilt.
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Gil Reese was a member of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity.
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Gil Reese played for coach Dan McGugin's Vanderbilt Commodores football teams from 1922 to 1925.
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Gil Reese was a main focus of backfield coach and former Vanderbilt great Lewie Hardage ever since his first year.
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In 1934, Gil Reese was selected for Vanderbilt's all-time football team.
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Gil Reese was the widely accepted player of the game, scoring all three of Vanderbilt's touchdowns, breaking tackles and sprinting past the Texas defense.
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Gil Reese ran it in on the next play, and the try was good.
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Gil Reese had one run of 35 yards, failing to score because of Kentucky's Brewer just getting his feet from behind.
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Meiers then ran all the way down to Sewanee's 14-yard line, and Gil Reese skirted around left end for ten more.
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Towards the end of the game, Gil Reese took two runs which together accounted for 19 yards.
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Gil Reese then ran up behind center to power his way into the end zone.
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At year's end, Gil Reese appeared on Billy Evans's Southern Honor Roll and the second team of All-Southerns chosen by Homer George, sports editor for The Atlanta Constitution.
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Gil Reese rushed for 214 yards, as well as 95 yards on punt returns.
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Gil Reese scored five times, with touchdown runs of 70 yards, 45 yards, and 29 yards respectively.
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Gil Reese again stuffed the stat sheet against the Georgia Bulldogs the next week, scoring four touchdowns.
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Just a bit later, Gil Reese returned a punt for 63 yards and the touchdown.
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Gil Reese started the return by running wide to the right; seven Georgia players were in hot pursuit.
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Gil Reese stopped in his tracks, causing two Georgia defenders to go past him.
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When you say that Mr Gil Reese is a combination of a greyhound, rabbit, antelope, and greased pig you only mildly do this young gentleman justice.
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Later in the third quarter, Gil Reese ran for 30 yards on a sneak play.
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Gil Reese was the leading scorer on the Vanderbilt offense of 1923, responsible for at least 60 of the team's 137 points, on ten touchdowns.
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Gil Reese was selected as a Third Team All-American by David J Walsh of the International News Service.
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Gil Reese caught one of these punts in these exchanges on the fly and, noticing both of Tech's ends blocked to the ground, raced to within striking distance of the end zone.
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Later, in the third quarter, McKibbon threw a pass which gained 18 yards, and then threw another one of 10 yards, to Gil Reese, who ran in the score.
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Gil Reese was selected as a Third-Team All-American by Norman E Brown.
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When Bomar was injured in 1924 and could no longer play basketball, Gil Reese was made the team's captain.
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Gil Reese played baseball at Vanderbilt, at a different position each year.
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Gil Reese once beat Vanderbilt's track team in a race whilst wearing his baseball uniform.
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Gil Reese was captain of the baseball team, making him captain of the football, basketball, and baseball teams; the first to do so at Vanderbilt.
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On November 29,1926, Gil Reese signed a contract to play with the Nashville Vols.
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Gil Reese coached the University of Tennessee Doctors in Memphis in 1926.
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Gil Reese was named athletic coach at Sacred Heart High School in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1936.