34 Facts About Josh Cody

Joshua Crittenden Cody was an American college athlete, head coach, and athletics director.

Josh Cody was inducted as a player into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1970.

Josh Cody was an assistant for head football coaches Dan McGugin and Ray Morrison at Vanderbilt.

Josh Cody was born in Franklin, Tennessee, on June 11,1892, the second of James Wadkins and Sarah Elizabeth Cody's three children.

Josh Cody was raised in Franklin and graduated high school from Battle Ground Academy prep school.

Josh Cody first played football for three seasons at the Russellville, Kentucky campus of Bethel College.

Josh Cody was unbelievably skilled and nimble for a big man in basketball, and in football where he's a legend.

Josh Cody played for legendary coach Dan McGugin's football team as an offensive and defensive tackle, but was versatile enough to play quarterback, running back, and kicker at times.

Josh Cody was known as a sure tackler and a fierce blocker, who helped the Commodores score 1,099 points to 226 in thirty-five games.

Josh Cody was selected to at least one All-Southern team every year he played, and for an All-time Vanderbilt team published in its 1934 yearbook.

Josh Cody was a great big fellow and one of the most seriously dedicated fellows I've ever met.

Josh Cody was a farm boy and he didn't have any polish but he was very honest and sincere.

Josh Cody literally cleaned the gymnasium every day, cleaned up the locker rooms and the showers, and tended to the coal furnace after practice.

Josh Cody was a big man, squarely built, quiet, almost shy, and enormously decent.

Josh Cody practiced long hours to place kick and became the team's place kicker.

Josh Cody got a hold of an old quilt and sewed it to the shoulders of the jersey and that was all the padding he wore.

Josh Cody received his first national honor at season's end from Outing magazine's Football Roll of Honor.

In one of the greatest exhibitions of punt covering, Josh Cody smothered the receiver every time, recovering two fumbles, including one across the goal line for a touchdown.

Irby Curry later had an 80-yard touchdown with Josh Cody clearing the path.

Josh Cody was elected captain of next year's team at season's end, but instead served in the US Army during World War I as a lieutenant in 1917 and 1918.

Josh Cody then returned to Vanderbilt for his senior year in 1919.

Josh Cody spurned an offer from the Canton Bulldogs to play professional football.

Josh Cody was a forward on the basketball teams coached by Ray Morrison.

Josh Cody had a variety of superstitions while coaching his basketball team, including not laundering jerseys during a winning streak until a game was lost, and starting contests with the same lineup.

From 1927 to 1930, Josh Cody was head coach of both the Clemson basketball and football teams, the last coach at Clemson to coach two revenue-producing sports.

Josh Cody was popular with the Clemson student body, who called him "Big Man" because of his large stature.

In 1934, when McGugin retired, Josh Cody was passed over for the head coaching job in favor of former Vanderbilt quarterback and SMU coach Ray Morrison.

Josh Cody was asked about the possibility his team's black players would not be able to enter restaurants or hotels with their fellow white players.

Josh Cody retired to his 190-acre farm across the Delaware River in Moorestown, New Jersey which mostly produced grain.

Josh Cody died of a heart attack while feeding dogs at his son's nearby home in Mount Laurel, New Jersey on June 17,1961.

Josh Cody was buried June 26,1961 in Beverly National Cemetery located in Beverly, New Jersey.

Josh Cody was one of my closest friends until he went to Temple.

Josh Cody had a lasting influence on the men who played for him.

Josh Cody was a fine defensive basketball coach who believed in aggressive defensive fundamentals.