Sport(s) Basketball, football Name By Walton 1911-1912 Ole Miss | 1910-1912 Ole Miss | |
Alma mater University of Mississippi | ||
Position(s) Center; End (football) | ||
Byron S. "By" Walton was a college football player, track star, and basketball player and coach at the University of Mississippi.
Contents
Early years
Walton attended Central High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Ole Miss
He stood 6 feet tall and weighed 180 pounds.
Football
Walton was a prominent end for the Ole Miss Rebels football team. He was nominated though not selected for an Associated Press All-Time Southeast 1869-1919 era team.
1911
He was selected All-Southern in 1911. He once stripped Ray Morrison of Vanderbilt 10 yards short of the goal. Heisman describes Walton: "This chap weighs 180 stripped, is fast as a deer, willing as a shepherd dog, strong as an ox, and has the judgment of a football player. Against Mercer and Vanderbilt he was simply invulnerable; nothing could get around his end. And when it came to getting down the field and nailing his man under punts he proved himself a perfect demon."
Basketball
He played center and was captain and coach of the basketball team in 1911-1912.
Penn
Walton also attended the University of Pennsylvania.
Camp athletics
In 1917 Walton was appointed by the Fosdick Commission to direct Army camp athletics in Syracuse, New York.