William Edgar "Frog" Metzger, Jr. (August 21, 1890 – December 2, 1951) was a college football player.
Vanderbilt
Metzger was a prominent guard for the Vanderbilt Commodores of Vanderbilt University from 1908 to 1911. Metzger was
Dan McGugin's first great lineman.
Metzger was selected for an
Associated Press Southeast Area All-Time football team 1869-1919 era.
Metzger was chosen for an all-time Vandy team in 1912,
as well as an All-time Vandy team published in Vanderbilt's yearbook in 1934. At Vanderbilt he was a member of the Kappa Alpha Order fraternity.
1909
Metzger was injured in the loss to Ohio State in 1909, breaking his leg just above the knee.
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1910
The 1910 team which tied defending national champion Yale
and allowed just 8 points and scored 165 was led by Metzger,
a unanimous All-Southern player and third-team
All-American as chosen by
Walter Camp.
He was the third ever player from the
American South to get on one of Camp's teams.
