Name Pete Mailhes | Position(s) Tackle/Fullback 1912-15 Tulane | |
Born March 9, 1894New Orleans, Louisiana ( 1894-03-09 ) Died May 23, 1965(1965-05-23) (aged 71)New Orleans, Louisiana | ||
Peter Philip Mailhes (March 9, 1894 – May 23, 1965) was a college football player and coach for the Tulane Green Wave football team of Tulane University. Mailhes was inducted into the Tulane Athletics Hall of Fame in 1998.
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Football
He was a prominent tackle and fullback for the Tulane Green Wave. He was "the greatest Tulane lineman of his day."
1915
He was captain and All-Southern for the 1915 team. One source describes him as "One of the greatest tackles of the South and captain of his eleven. Equally famed in baseball, basketball, track and field athletics.
Baseball
Mailhes also played baseball.
Coaching career
He then was a long-standing member of the Tulane coaching staff.
References
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