Johnny Menville
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| Position | Quarterback / Halfback |
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| Born | June 24, 1907 Houma, Louisiana |
| Died | May 27, 1996 (aged 88) New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Career information | |
| High school | Jesuit |
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John Gilmer Menville (June 24, 1907 – May 27, 1996) was an American college football player, professor and physician. He was a quarterback for the Tulane Green Wave football team from 1926 to 1928.[1][2][3] Menville was selected All-Southern by some writers in 1927.[4] He won the Porter Cup as his university's best athlete in 1928.
He was also a professor of urology, and a urologist who performed the first kidney transplant in the South.[5]
References
- ^ "Tulane Sees Star Gridder In Menville". Miami News. October 24, 1926.
- ^ "Tulane University Football Program; Tulane vs. Auburn :: Tulane University Football Programs". louisianadigitallibrary.org. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved September 25, 2015.
- ^ "Best of New Orleans area high school football by position, Part 5 (Running Backs & Quarterbacks) - SportsNOLA". sportsnola.com. Archived from the original on September 26, 2015. Retrieved September 25, 2015.
- ^ "Four Georgia Grid Stars Voted Places On United Press Conference Team". Banner-Herald. November 23, 1917.
- ^ "Urologist and Professor John Menville Dead at 88". Times-Picayune. May 28, 1996.