Eric Cheape

Eric Cheape
Sewanee Tigers
PositionGuard
ClassGraduate
Personal information
Born:(1885-11-23)November 23, 1885
Avon Park, Florida
Died:October, 1973
Sewanee, Tennessee
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight170 lb (77 kg)
Career history
CollegeSewanee (1907–1909)
Career highlights and awards

Frederick Peter "Eric" Cheape (November 23, 1885 – October, 1973) was a college football player.

Sewanee

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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

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He was a member of the 1907 team, one of Sewanee's greatest.[2]

1909

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He was selected All-Southern in 1909,[3] a year in which Sewanee was conference champion.

References

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  1. ^ "Tigers Are A Husky Bunch". Atlanta Constitution. November 9, 1907. p. 11. Retrieved April 11, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. ^ "Brown Calls Vanderbilt '06 Best Eleven South Ever Had". Atlanta Constitution. February 19, 1911. p. 52. Retrieved March 8, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  3. ^ "The All-Southern Eleven Picked By Coach Heisman". Atlanta Constitution. November 28, 1909. p. 3. Retrieved March 4, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon