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Peggy Flournoy

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Peggy Flournoy
Tulane Green Wave
PositionHalfback
Personal information
Born:(1904-01-17)January 17, 1904
Canton, Mississippi, U.S.
Died:October 7, 1972(1972-10-07) (aged 68)
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight165 lb (75 kg)
Career history
CollegeTulane (1923–1925)
High schoolRugby Academy
Career highlights and awards

Charles Priestley "Peggy" Flournoy (January 17, 1904 – October 7, 1972) was an American football and baseball player and coach. He was the first Tulane football player selected as a first-team All-American. In 1925, he led the nation in scoring with 128 points, a school record not broken until 2007 by Matt Forte.

Early years

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Flournoy attended high school at the Rugby Academy.

Playing career

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He played college football at the halfback position for the Tulane Green Wave football team from 1923 to 1925.[1] He stood 6 feet, 1 inch, weighed 165 pounds, and wore number 15. As a senior in 1925, Flournoy led Tulane to an undefeated season and led the nation in scoring with 128 points.[2] At the end of the 1925 season, he was selected by Billy Evans and Norman E. Brown as a first-team halfback on their 1925 College Football All-America Teams.[3][4] He was also named a second-team All-American by the Associated Press and the All-America Board.[5][6] He was inducted into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame in 1968.[2] He died in New Orleans in 1972.[7]

One account reads "In the South they call "Peggy" Flournoy of Tulane University, the greatest all-round gridder in that section."[8]

Coaching career

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Flournoy assisted his alma mater's football team in 1926, and was the baseball coach in 1928.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Tulane Gridders Striking Hard Pace; Flournoy Wins Praise of Sports Writers". The Monrow News-Star. November 7, 1925. p. 6. Retrieved November 1, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. ^ a b "Charles "Peggy" Flournoy". Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved August 30, 2014.
  3. ^ Evans, Billy (December 5, 1925). "Here's Billy Evans' All-Americans". The Fitchburg Sentinel.
  4. ^ Brown, Norman E. (December 7, 1925). "Here Are Brown's All-American Selections: All Sections of Country On Writer's All-American". Galveston County Daily News.
  5. ^ "Associated Press Announces All-American Teams". Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune. December 14, 1925.
  6. ^ Tad Jones; Knute Rockne & Glenn Warner (December 4, 1925). "Red Grange Placed on Second All-American Team: Coaches Keep Star Off First: Rockne, Jones and Warner Claim He Has Two Main Weak Points; Friedman Is Captain; Two Michigan Men Honored; Pacific Coast Stars in the Backfield". The Davenport Democrat.
  7. ^ "Football All-Americans". Tulane University. Archived from the original on February 5, 2015. Retrieved August 30, 2014.
  8. ^ ""Peggy" Flournoy Rates High in Southern Grid Circles". Reno Evening Gazette. November 30, 1925.