John Owsley Manier
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Manier c. 1906
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Position | Fullback |
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Date of birth | March 18, 1887 |
Place of birth | Nashville, Tennessee |
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Place of death | Nashville, Tennessee |
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John Owsley Manier (March 18, 1887 – September 1, 1956) was a college football player and coach and medical doctor.
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Early years
J. Owsley Manier was born on March 18, 1887 in Nashville, Tennessee to William R. Manier and Mary Owsley.
Vanderbilt University
Manier was a prominent fullback on coach Dan McGugin's Vanderbilt Commodores football team from 1904 to 1906, joining the team in McGugin's first year as head coach. He was a "great plunging back"[1] who in which every year he played at Vanderbilt was both a member of Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) championship teams and selected All-Southern.[2]
1906
Manier scored five touchdowns against Alabama in a 78-0 victory and again ran for five touchdowns over Georgia Tech (37-6) in Atlanta.[3][4] Atlanta Constitution sportswriter Alex Lynn wrote after the Georgia Tech game, Manier was "the greatest fullback and all round man ever seen in Atlanta." Manier played in the days before two platoons and so also played on defense. In the 33 to 0 win over Rose Polytechnic, in which again he scored five touchdowns, he also "probably prevented the visitors from scoring by his clever defensive work."[5] Manier was the first Vanderbilt football player to be selected to an All-America team; selected third-team All-America by Walter Camp in 1906.[6] This makes Manier the first Southern player to make any of Camp's teams.
University of Pennsylvania
He received a Bachelor of Arts from Vanderbilt, and his M. D. from the University of Pennsylvania.
1908
He played a bit on the Penn Quakers football team as well, in 1908, for he had a year of eligibility left. "But his effectiveness at Pennsylvania was lessened by the attempt of the coaches to change his style of bucking a line from the low, plunging dive to running into it erect, knees drawn high and great dependence upon his companion backs to "hike" him."[1] At Penn he was shifted to halfback, and mostly used for swift plunges into the line.[7] Penn defeated Michigan, exacting revenge for the multiple losses suffered by Manier to Michigan at Vanderbilt.[8]
Coaching and medical practice
After his time in Pennsylvania he returned to Vanderbilt as an assistant football coach and assistant medical professor. He practiced in Nashville and gave his spare time to the team.[1] Known years with his assistance include 1911–1914 and 1920.
Medicine
Manier spent the winter of 1911 at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital.[9] He accompanied the Vanderbilt hospital unit to Fort McPherson in 1917.[10] In 1935 he was president of the Tennessee Medical Association.[11][12]
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- 1887 births
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- All-Southern college football players
- American football halfbacks
- Vanderbilt Commodores football players
- Penn Quakers football players
- Vanderbilt Commodores football coaches
- Sportspeople from Nashville, Tennessee
- Players of American football from Tennessee
- Physicians from Tennessee
- American football fullbacks
- Vanderbilt University alumni
- Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania alumni