Eric Cheape
| Profile | |
|---|---|
| Position | Guard |
| Personal information | |
| Born | November 23, 1885 Avon Park, Florida |
| Died | October, 1973 Sewanee, Tennessee |
| Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Listed weight | 170 lb (77 kg) |
| Career information | |
| College | Sewanee (1907–1909) |
| Awards and highlights | |
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Frederick Peter "Eric" Cheape (November 23, 1885 – October, 1973) was a college football player.
Sewanee
Cheape was a prominent guard for the Sewanee Tigers football team of Sewanee:The University of the South from 1907 to 1909. He was from Avon Park, Florida.[1]
1907
He was a member of the 1907 team, one of Sewanee's greatest.[2]
1909
He was selected All-Southern in 1909,[3] a year in which Sewanee was conference champion.[4]
After his college career he pursued business in Birmingham, Alabama.[5]
References
- ^ "Tigers Are A Husky Bunch". Atlanta Constitution. November 9, 1907. p. 11. Retrieved April 11, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Brown Calls Vanderbilt '06 Best Eleven South Ever Had". Atlanta Constitution. February 19, 1911. p. 52. Retrieved March 8, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "The All-Southern Eleven Picked By Coach Heisman". Atlanta Constitution. November 28, 1909. p. 3. Retrieved March 4, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Fred Russell (November 5, 1941). "Sewanee Through The Years: 1909 Team, With Five All-Southerns, Rated Best". Nashville Banner – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Eric Cheape". The Birmingham News. January 9, 1913. p. 10.