Pete Mailhes Explained
| Pete Mailhes |
| Birth Date: | 9 March 1894 |
| Birth Place: | New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Death Place: | New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Alma Mater: | Tulane University |
| Player Years1: | 1912–1915 |
| Player Team1: | Tulane |
| Player Positions: | Tackle/Fullback |
| Coach Years1: | 1926–1941 |
| Coach Team1: | Tulane (assistant) |
| Awards: | 2x All-Southern (1914, 1915)
Tulane Athletics Hall of Fame |
Peter Philip Mailhes (March 9, 1894 – May 23, 1965)[1] was a college football player and coach for the Tulane Green Wave football team of Tulane University. Mailhes was inducted into the Tulane Athletics Hall of Fame in 1998.[2]
Tulane University
Playing career
Football
He was a prominent tackle and fullback for the Tulane Green Wave. He was "the greatest Tulane lineman of his day."[3]
1915
He was captain and All-Southern for the 1915 team.[4] [5] [6] One source describes him as "One of the greatest tackles of the South and captain of his eleven. Equally famed in baseball, basketball, track and field athletics.[6]
Baseball
Mailhes also played baseball.[7]
Coaching career
He then was a long-standing member of the Tulane coaching staff.[3] [8]
Notes and References
- Dates confirmed via U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935–2014 [database on-line]. Number: 436-22-0859; Issue State: Louisiana; Issue Date: Before 1951
- Web site: Tulane Athletics Hall of Fame. January 26, 2015.
- Book: Tulane University Football Program; Tulane University The Green Wave vs. Louisiana Polytech The Bulldogs. September 25, 1926.
- e. g. News: Atlanta Constitution. Composite All-Southern Of Ten Of The Dopesters. Dick Jemison. November 30, 1915.
- Web site: Year-by-Year Records. January 26, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150129183940/http://www.tulanegreenwave.com/sports/m-footbl/archive/082010aae.html. January 29, 2015. dead.
- National Stars of the Gridiron. St. Nicholas:An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks. 43. 58–59. Parke H. Davis. 1916.
- Book: Baseball at Tulane University. 27. S. Derby Gisclair. 2007. 9780738542089.
- Web site: Tulane Football Coaches. January 31, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151011030037/http://www.tulane.edu/~athletic/FB/FBHIST/FBCOACHES.HTML. October 11, 2015. dead.
