Aubrey Lanier

 ( 1888 Births ) 

Aubrey Falls "Laney" Lanier (February 18, 1888 – April 25, 1936) was a college football player.

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Early years Aubrey was born on February 18, 1888, in the city of Butler in Lonoke County, Arkansas, to Isaac Hill Lanier and Mary "Ellen" Cooper.

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Sewanee He was a halfback for the Sewanee Tigers of from 1907 to 1910, thrice selected All-Southern.e. g. Vanderbilt head coach Dan McGugin rated him as one of the greatest he ever saw. Grantland Rice rated him amongst the best ever at punt returns. He would catch punts whilst running at full speed. An all-time Sewanee team noted "Critics declare Aubrey Lanier the equal of Walter Eckersall as a safety man." In 1915, John Heisman selected the 30 greatest Southern football players, and mentioned Lanier 21st.

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1907

McGugin said of Lanier in 1907 that he was "a star of purest ray, and came near winning the Vanderbilt game by his brilliant dashes after receiving punts."

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1909

In 1909 when Sewanee won an SIAA championship Rice called him "the noblest Tiger of them all." The Kappa Alpha Journal gives similar praise that year, calling Lanier "The greatest performer of the college game on the Southern field.

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1910

Lanier was captain of the 1910 Sewanee team.

Categories: 1888 Births, 1936 Deaths, American Football Halfbacks, Sewanee Tigers Football Players, All-southern College Football Players, Players Of American Football From Arkansas, People From Lonoke County, Arkansas

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