Vanderbilt Commodores | |
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Position | Guard/ Fullback |
Class | Graduate |
Personal information | |
Born: | Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. | August 21, 1890
Died: | December 2, 1951 Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. | (aged 61)
Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
Weight | 175 lb (79 kg) |
Career history | |
College | Vanderbilt (1908–1911) |
Career highlights and awards | |
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William Edgar "Frog" Metzger, Jr. (August 21, 1890 – December 2, 1951) was a college football player.
Metzger was a prominent guard for the Vanderbilt Commodores of Vanderbilt University from 1908 to 1911. Metzger was Dan McGugin's first great lineman. [1] Metzger was selected for an Associated Press Southeast Area All-Time football team 1869-1919 era. [2] Metzger was chosen for an all-time Vandy team in 1912, [3] as well as an All-time Vandy team published in Vanderbilt's yearbook in 1934. At Vanderbilt he was a member of the Kappa Alpha fraternity.
Metzger was injured in the loss to Ohio State in 1909, breaking his leg just above the knee. [4]
The 1910 team which tied defending national champion Yale [5] and allowed just 8 points and scored 165 was led by Metzger, [6] a unanimous All-Southern player and third-team All-American as chosen by Walter Camp. [7] He was the third ever player from the South to get on one of Camp's teams. [8]
Vanderbilt Commodores | |
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Position | Guard/ Fullback |
Class | Graduate |
Personal information | |
Born: | Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. | August 21, 1890
Died: | December 2, 1951 Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. | (aged 61)
Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
Weight | 175 lb (79 kg) |
Career history | |
College | Vanderbilt (1908–1911) |
Career highlights and awards | |
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William Edgar "Frog" Metzger, Jr. (August 21, 1890 – December 2, 1951) was a college football player.
Metzger was a prominent guard for the Vanderbilt Commodores of Vanderbilt University from 1908 to 1911. Metzger was Dan McGugin's first great lineman. [1] Metzger was selected for an Associated Press Southeast Area All-Time football team 1869-1919 era. [2] Metzger was chosen for an all-time Vandy team in 1912, [3] as well as an All-time Vandy team published in Vanderbilt's yearbook in 1934. At Vanderbilt he was a member of the Kappa Alpha fraternity.
Metzger was injured in the loss to Ohio State in 1909, breaking his leg just above the knee. [4]
The 1910 team which tied defending national champion Yale [5] and allowed just 8 points and scored 165 was led by Metzger, [6] a unanimous All-Southern player and third-team All-American as chosen by Walter Camp. [7] He was the third ever player from the South to get on one of Camp's teams. [8]