- Offensive lineman (guard) at the University of Tennessee, 1929-1931.
- Inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1959.
- Guard with the NFL's Brooklyn Dodgers, 1932-1934.
- Following football career, went into professional wrestling; nickname was "The Tennessee Terror".
- Inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame in 1966.
- Head football coach at Yale University, 1948-1951; record: 16 wins, 17 losses, 2 ties.
- Writer for Sports Illustrated magazine in its early years.
- Interred in H. Warren Smith Memorial Cemetery, Jacksonville Beach, Florida.
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