Louis Hasslock
Vanderbilt Commodores
PositionGuard
ClassGraduate
Personal information
Born:(1888-02-08)February 8, 1888
Nashville, Tennessee
Died:April 5, 1974(1974-04-05) (aged 86)
Santa Barbara, California
Weight173 lb (78 kg)
Career history
CollegeVanderbilt (19071908)
High schoolMontgomery Bell Academy
Career highlights and awards

Louis Whorley "Red" Hasslock (February 8, 1888 April 5, 1974) was a college football player, colonel, and regimental instructor.[1]

College football

Hasslock was a guard for Dan McGugin's Vanderbilt Commodores of Vanderbilt University.[2] He was selected All-Southern in 1908, a year in which he had to contend for a spot with College Football Hall of Fame member Nathan Dougherty.[3] Before Vanderbilt played Michigan in 1908, Hasslock had been on duty at Reelfoot Lake with a militia who were to guard against night riders. When he learned he could be granted a leave of absence if he were to join his football team, he walked a distance of twenty miles through a country infested with night riders, and caught a train at Union City.[4][5]

References

  1. "MALONE AND AIDES PASS TESTS POSTS QUALIFIED". The Bakersfield Californian. August 27, 1940. p. 8.
  2. "Wearers of the "V."". Vanderbilt University Quarterly. 9: 189. 1909.
  3. Spalding's Football Guide. Shawnee Mission, Kansas, NCAA Publishing Service. 1909. p. 75.
  4. "Walks Many Miles To Join Football Team". The Winchester News. October 30, 1908.
  5. Night Riders of Reelfoot Lake. University of Alabama Press. 23 June 2003. ISBN 9780817350390.
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