 Phillips while playing for Sewanee | |
| Sewanee Tigers | |
|---|---|
| Position | Guard |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | January 16, 1882 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Died: | June 29, 1955 (aged 73) Boone, North Carolina |
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Weight | 185 lb (84 kg) |
| Career history | |
| College | Sewanee (1900–1905) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| |
| College Football Hall of Fame (1959) | |
| Bishop of Southwestern Virginia | |
| Church | Episcopal Church |
| Diocese | Southwestern Virginia |
| Elected | May 17, 1938 |
| In office | 1938–1954 |
| Predecessor | Robert Carter Jett |
| Successor | William H. Marmion |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | June 16, 1907 by Cleland Kinloch Nelson |
| Consecration | September 27, 1938 by Henry St. George Tucker |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 16, 1882 |
| Died | June 29, 1955 (aged 73) Boone, North Carolina, United States |
| Buried | Trinity Episcopal Cathedral (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| Nationality | American |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Parents | Henry Desborough Phillips Nancy Phillips |
| Spouse | Ella Parr Reese (m. September 25, 1907) |
| Children | 3 |
| Occupation | Previously college footballer |
| Alma mater | Sewanee: The University of the South |
Henry Disbrow Phillips (January 16, 1882 – June 29, 1955) was an American Episcopal bishop (1938–1955) and college American football player and coach (1900–1909). Sportswriter Fuzzy Woodruff called him "the greatest football player who ever sank cleated shoes into a chalk line south of the Mason-Dixon line."[1]
- ^ Woodruff 1928, p. 104