Eben Wortham
Eben Alexander "Pep" Wortham (July 22, 1897 – August 1, 1982) was a college football player and educator. Sewanee Playing career Wortham was a prominent fullback for the Sewanee Tigers of the University of the South. 1916 In 1916, Dick Jemison picked Bill Folger out of North Carolina as a halfback for his All-Southern team. Jemison said had he constrained his selections to the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association, Wortham would have taken his spot. 1917 In 1917, the year of Georgia Tech's great backfield, he made the All-Southern teams of Dick Jemison, sporting editor for the Atlanta Constitution, Fred Digby, sporting editor for the New Orleans Item, and Zipp Newman, assistant sporting editor for the Birmingham News. He drop-kicked a 40-yard field goal in the game against LSU to win 3 to 0. Also he drop-kicked a 27-yard field goal in a 3 to 3 tie at Alabama. Teaching career After football, he signed on to the university's faculty to teach mathematics, history, tactics, and boxing. References Sportspeople from Greenville, Mississippi 1897 births 1982 deaths Sewanee Tigers football players American football fullbacks Players of American football from Mississippi All-Southern college football players Sewanee: The University of the South faculty American