Grailey Berryhill
Grailyn Hewitt "Grailey" Berryhill (August 17, 1896 – January 10, 1976) was an American football player, physician, and politician. He was a star running back for Dan McGugin's Vanderbilt Commodores of Vanderbilt University. He scored six touchdowns in the 76 to 0 win over Tennessee in 1918,[1][2] and was captain-elect for 1921.[3] Berryhill received one of the school's highest honors that a student could achieve, the "Bachelor of Ugliness." He was also a three-term member of the Tennessee General Assembly.[4]
Grailey Berryhill | |
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.jpg.webp) Berryhill in football uniform, c. 1919 | |
| Member of the Tennessee House of Representatives from Tennessee | |
| In office 1967–1973 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 17, 1896 McKenzie, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Died | January 10, 1976 (aged 79) Jackson, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Residence | Madison County, Tennessee |
| Education | Vanderbilt University (MD) |
| Occupation | Physician |
Early years
Grailey Berryhill was born on August 17, 1896, in McKenzie, Tennessee, to Adam Douglas Berryhill and Harriett Costen.
Vanderbilt
When Berryhill did not return to the 1921 Vanderbilt Commodores football team, sports writer Ferguson "Fuzzy" Woodruff wrote "While prospects seem fair to middling in most of the big southern colleges, there are two notable exceptions. Dan McGugin expects nothing of Vanderbilt this year. Dan has lost Berryhill, his only reliable backfield man, through the matrimonial route."[5]
Berryhill graduated with an MD from Vanderbilt University in 1921.
References
- Russell, Fred, and Maxwell Edward Benson. Fifty Years of Vanderbilt Football. Nashville, TN, 1938, p. 36
- Bill Traughber (November 18, 2009). "Vandy-UT's conflict of 1918".
- "Berryhill Named Captain of Vandy". Montgomery Adviser. November 30, 1920.
- "Berryhill, Grailyn Hewitt (1896–)".
- "Southern Football Squads Held Back by Broiling Heat". Montgomery Advertiser. September 18, 1921.