Sumner D. Tilson
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 6, 1898 Childress, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | November 13, 1964 (aged 66) Staunton, Virginia, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1918–1922 | VPI |
| Positions | Tackle, guard |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1942 | VPI |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 7–2–1 |
Sumner Dewey "Tex" Tilson[1] (July 5, 1898 – November 13, 1964) was an American football player and coach. He served as head football coach at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (VPI)—now known as Virginia Tech—for one season, in 1942, compiling a record of 7–2–1.[2] Tilson also played college football at VPI.[3]
Biography
[edit]Tilson was born on July 5, 1898, in Childress, Texas, to William Ransom Tilson and Sallie Ellen Williams. His grandfather Granville Tilson was a cattle trader in Matador, Texas.[4] He died in November 1964 in Virginia.
Head coaching record
[edit]| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VPI Gobblers (Southern Conference) (1942) | |||||||||
| 1942 | VPI | 7–2–1 | 5–1 | 2nd | |||||
| VPI: | 7–2–1 | 5–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 7–2–1 | ||||||||
References
[edit]- ↑ "Virginia Polytechnic Institute (1934), Blacksburg, VA". Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 18, 2015.
- ↑ "Virginia Tech Football Records". Retrieved December 10, 2007.
- ↑ "The Bugle 1919" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1919. p. 183. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
- ↑ "The Tilson genealogy, from Edmond Tilson at Plymouth, N.E., 1638 to 1911; with brief sketches of the family in England back to 1066. Also brief account to Waterman, Murdock, Bartlett, Turner, Winslow, Sturtevant, Keith and Parris families, allied with the parents of the author". [Plymouth, The Memorial Press. 1911.
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