17 Facts About Reynolds Tichenor

Walker Reynolds "Tick" Tichenor was a college football player, coach, and official, as well as a sportswriter and attorney.

Walker Reynolds Tichenor was born on January 26,1877, in Alpine, Alabama, the only son of Isaac Taylor Tichenor and Eppie Reynolds.

Reynolds Tichenor's father Isaac was a pastor and president of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama, now known as Auburn University.

Reynolds Tichenor played and watched baseball from a young age.

Reynolds Tichenor enrolled at Auburn University in 1893, and was a member of Kappa Alpha Order.

Reynolds Tichenor was captain of the 1896 Auburn Tigers football team, and returned to assist his alma mater in the 1910s.

When coach Mike Donahue's health failed in 1911, Reynolds Tichenor was largely responsible for Auburn's strong showing in holding Georgia to a scoreless tie, for which he was awarded a gold watch by the team.

Reynolds Tichenor assisted the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association champion 1913,1914, and 1919 Auburn teams.

Reynolds Tichenor once executed a "hidden ball trick" in the 1895 game against Vanderbilt as Auburn seemed to run a revolving wedge.

Reynolds Tichenor never faltered and when at last he fell exhausted across the line, he discovered that one of his own men had been running just back of him to stop any tackler that might overtake him.

Reynolds Tichenor once said of the game that he had been sprawled on the ground, when a big Georgia lineman jumped at him, knees first, with Reynolds Tichenor rolling out of the way just in time.

Reynolds Tichenor then transferred to the University of Georgia to attend law school, and was quarterback of the football team when Richard Von Albade Gammon met his death.

Reynolds Tichenor doesn't weigh over 120 pounds with all his hair and padding.

For ten years Reynolds Tichenor was a member of the Southern Football Officials Association.

Reynolds Tichenor was the timekeeper for every Southern Conference basketball tournament from 1921 to 1932.

Ralph McGill relates how Reynolds Tichenor used a pistol to end games:.

Reynolds Tichenor died on November 16,1935, at his home in rural Decatur, Georgia.