Biographical details | |
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Born | New Orleans, Louisiana | March 9, 1894
Died | May 23, 1965 New Orleans, Louisiana | (aged 71)
Alma mater | Tulane University |
Playing career | |
1912–1915 | Tulane |
Position(s) | Tackle/ Fullback |
Coaching career ( HC unless noted) | |
1926–1941 | Tulane (assistant) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Awards | |
2x
All-Southern (1914, 1915) Tulane Athletics Hall of Fame | |
Peter Philip Mailhes (March 9, 1894 – May 23, 1965) [1] was a college football player and coach for the Tulane Green Wave football team of Tulane University. Mailhes was inducted into the Tulane Athletics Hall of Fame in 1998. [2]
He was a prominent tackle and fullback for the Tulane Green Wave. He was "the greatest Tulane lineman of his day." [3]
He was captain and All-Southern for the 1915 team. [4] [5] [6] One source describes him as "One of the greatest tackles of the South and captain of his eleven. Equally famed in baseball, basketball, track and field athletics. [6]
Mailhes also played baseball. [7]
He then was a long-standing member of the Tulane coaching staff. [3] [8]
Biographical details | |
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Born | New Orleans, Louisiana | March 9, 1894
Died | May 23, 1965 New Orleans, Louisiana | (aged 71)
Alma mater | Tulane University |
Playing career | |
1912–1915 | Tulane |
Position(s) | Tackle/ Fullback |
Coaching career ( HC unless noted) | |
1926–1941 | Tulane (assistant) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Awards | |
2x
All-Southern (1914, 1915) Tulane Athletics Hall of Fame | |
Peter Philip Mailhes (March 9, 1894 – May 23, 1965) [1] was a college football player and coach for the Tulane Green Wave football team of Tulane University. Mailhes was inducted into the Tulane Athletics Hall of Fame in 1998. [2]
He was a prominent tackle and fullback for the Tulane Green Wave. He was "the greatest Tulane lineman of his day." [3]
He was captain and All-Southern for the 1915 team. [4] [5] [6] One source describes him as "One of the greatest tackles of the South and captain of his eleven. Equally famed in baseball, basketball, track and field athletics. [6]
Mailhes also played baseball. [7]
He then was a long-standing member of the Tulane coaching staff. [3] [8]