- Edliff Slaughter
NFL player
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HOF=Edliff R. “Butch” Slaughter was an
American football guard who played for theUniversity of Michigan Wolverines from 1922-1924. He was chosen byWalter Camp as an All-American in 1924.Slaughter played center and was team captain of the 1920
Louisville Male High School team. [http://home.insightbb.com/~malebulldogfootball/index_files/Page277.htm] He played on the University of Michigan football team as a guard from 1922-1924. In 1924, he was named an All-American byWalter Camp . Camp wrote: "A veteran guard who has always towered in the line. A big man, but extremely active, he provides the pivotal spot upon which a line-plunging attack may rest." [http://bentley.umich.edu/athdept/football/fballam/aaslaugh.htm] In 1924 season, Michigan overcame a late 6-0 deficit to win 16-6 against Ohio State. Slaughter scored a touchdown the helpGeorge Little win his only game as coach against Ohio State. [http://www.mlive.com/wolverines/aanews/football/index.ssf?/stories/wolverines/umosu_1924.html]In July 1925, Slaughter was hired as assistant line coach for the University of Wisconsin Badgers football team. [cite news|title=Slaughter Signed As Badger Line Coast|publisher=The Ironwood Daily Globe|date=1925-07-29]
In 1927, he was an assistant coach to Coach
Gus Tebell (former Wisconsin star) at North Carolina State College. [cite news|title=State Prepares for Michigan Foe|publisher=Gastonia (N.C. Gazette|date=1927-12-01]In 1928, Slaughter was hired as the line coach at
Michigan State University but failed to report for the job. When the Spartan squad assembled for practice on September 10, 1928, Slaughter was not on hand. CoachHarry Kipke gave him the benefit of the doubt, assuming the Spartans used the same early practice date as the Big Ten, September 15. When Slaughter failed to arrive on that date, Kipke sent him several telegrams but received no response. North Carolina State College announced on September 20, 1928 that Slaughter had been retained for another year as its line coach. [cite news|title=Wilson To Assist Kipke At Lansing: Slaughter Fails to Fulfill Contract with Michigan State|publisher=The Ironwood Daily Globe|date=1928-00-22]He was still serving as line coach for the North Carolina State Wolfpack in 1930. [cite news|title=Six Fighting Wolves of the State College Pack|publisher=The Charleston Daily Mail|date=1931-03-10]
In 1931 and 1932, Tebell and Slaughter were assistant coaches under
Fred Dawson at theUniversity of Virginia . [cite news|title=Cavaliers End Four Sessions of Drills: Six Assistant Coaches Aid in Practices|publisher=The Burlington, N.C. Daily Times-News|date=1930-09-19] [cite news|title=Cavalier-Tar Heel Tussle Is Battle Of Underdogs|publisher=The Burlington, N.C. Daily Times-News|date=1932-11-24] In 1936, Slaughter was an assistant to Tebell. [cite news|title=Grid Emphasis At Virginia U.|publisher=The Burlington, N.C. Daily Times-News|date=1936-02-29] After Tebell was let go in January 1937, new coach kept Slaughter as line coach. [cite news|title=Athletic Shakeup At Virginia|publisher=The Gastonia (N.C.) Daily Gazette|date=1937-01-15] [cite news|title=Murray Accepts Post As Virginia Coach|publisher=Waterloo Sunday Courier|date=1937-02-14] Slaughter was still coaching at the University of Virginia in 1940.Notes
External links
* [http://bentley.umich.edu/athdept/football/fballam/aaslaugh.htm Bentley Library Profile and Photograph of Edliff Slaughter]
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