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Roscoe Word
Tennessee Volunteers
Date of birth	January 3, 1882
Place of birth	Marianna, Arkansas
Date of death	May 27, 1942 (aged 60)
Place of death	Knoxville, Tennessee
Career information
Position(s)	Guard
US college	University of Tennessee
Career history
As coach
1906	Tennessee (assistant)
As player
1904–1905	Tennessee
1907	Tennessee
Career highlights and awards
	All-Southern (1907);

Roscoe "Piggy" Word (January 3, 1882 – May 27, 1942)^[1] was a college football player and coach and lawyer.

University of Tennessee

Word was a prominent guard for the Tennessee Volunteers of the University of Tennessee.^[2] He was its only three-time captain^[3]^[4] and was selected All-Southern in 1907.^[5] In 1906 he was an assistant coach, the team's first.

Word was a member of the Knoxville firm of Smith, Word, & Anderson.^[6]

^ "Tennessee Deaths and Burials, 1874–1955." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2010. Index
^ Epling, Robert Thomas (August 1994). "Seasons of Change". Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange. p. 53. Retrieved February 25, 2024.
^ Stewart, Jeffery (January 9, 2004). "NFL's Loss Boosts Tennessee's Game". Scout.com. Archived from the original on December 23, 2014.
^ "Trio of Fast Tennesseans". Atlanta Constitution. October 10, 1907. p. 8. Retrieved March 28, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Memphis Commercial Appeal's All-Southern". Atlanta Georgian. December 7, 1907.
^ John Trotwood Moore (1923). Tennessee:The Volunteer State, 1769-1923. Vol. 4. p. 164 – via Google Books.