Zach Curlin
American football player and coach, basketball player and coach, baseball coach, college athletics administrator

Zach Curlin

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American football player and coach, basketball player and coach, baseball coach, college athletics administrator
Gender:
Male
Places:
United States of America
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AthleteBasketball playerAmerican football player
Work field:
Sports
Birth:
31 January 1890(Luxora, Mississippi County, Arkansas, USA)
Death:
June 1970(Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA)
Star sign:
Aquarius
Education:
Christian Brothers High School
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Zachary Henry Curlin (January 31, 1890 – June 3, 1970) was an American football and basketball player and coach.

Background and career

Curlin attended Christian Brothers College (now University) in Memphis and played piano in the band. He was a halfback and quarterback on Dan McGugin's Vanderbilt Commodores football teams from 1910 to 1913, and the starting quarterback in 1912 and 1913, leading Vandy to an SIAA title in 1912. He made kicks on both Harvard and Michigan. Curlin was pulled for his backup Rabbi Robbins in Vanderbilt's largest win its history, a 105–0 win over Bethel in 1912, the muddy conditions better suited to the other's talents. Curlin later served as the Memphis Tigers men's basketball coach for many years. A street bears his name on the University of Memphis campus.