Delmas Gooch

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Delmas Gooch
Sewanee Tigers
PositionEnd
Class1926
Personal information
Born:(1905-03-10)March 10, 1905
Patterson, Louisiana
Died:December 1968
Career history
CollegeSewanee (1924–1925)
Career highlights and awards

Robert Delmas "Del" Gooch (March 10, 1905 – December 1968) was a college football player.

Sewanee[edit]

Gooch was a prominent end for the Sewanee Tigers football teams of Sewanee:The University of the South. At Sewanee he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon. He was picked for an all-time Sewanee team,[1] which noted how Gooch would "slash through enemy interference to tackle his man viciously."[2] In his senior year, Gooch was awarded the Porter Cup of the Porter Clothing Company as his university's best all-around athlete.[3] He also appears on Billy Evans's "Southern Honor Roll."[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Sewanee's All-Time Football Team". Sewanee Alumni News. February 1949.
  2. ^ "All-Time All Star Team". Archived from the original on 2015-08-02. Retrieved 2015-07-23.
  3. ^ Cap and Gown, 1926
  4. ^ "Billy Evans' Honor Roll". Alton Evening Telegraph. December 15, 1925. p. 6. Retrieved July 23, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon

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