Ox McKibbon

Ox McKibbon
Vanderbilt Commodores – No. 21
PositionTackle/End
ClassGraduate
Personal information
Born:c. 1904
Culleoka, Tennessee
Career history
College
Career highlights and awards

Fred Cox "Ox" McKibbon was a college football player and baseball player and baseball coach.

Vanderbilt

McKibbon was a prominent tackle and end for Dan McGugin's Vanderbilt Commodores football teams from 1924 to 1926,[1] selected All-Southern in 1926.[2]

1924

Fred Russell dubbed the 1924 season "the most eventful season in the history of Vanderbilt football."[3] In a 13 to 0 victory over Auburn in 1924, McKibbon completed a pass run in for a touchdown by Hek Wakefield.[4] McKibbon was a starter that year for the 16 to 6 win over Minnesota, Vanderbilt's first ever win over a Western school. He threw a touchdown to Gil Reese in the game.[5] "It was the best coached team we saw this year," said the Minnesota newspapermen.[3] One account reads "Fred McKibbon left Minneapolis dizzy with his crafty timing of aerial shots."[6]

Hume-Fogg High School

He coached baseball at Nashville's Hume-Fogg High School in the 1930s and 1940s.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Thanksgiving Day Contests See Many of Dixie College Gridiron Stars Play Finals". The Miami News. November 23, 1926.
  2. ^ "Alabama Places 4 Men On Newspaper All-Southern Team". The Kingsport Times. November 28, 1926.
  3. ^ a b Russell, Fred, and Maxwell Edward Benson. Fifty Years of Vanderbilt Football. Nashville, TN, 1938, p. 43
  4. ^ "Vanderbilt Eleven Trims Auburn, 13 to 0". The Washington Post. November 2, 1924. ProQuest 149447673.
  5. ^ "Gophers Beaten By Vanderbilt Commodores, 16-0". Spartanburg Herald. November 22, 1924.
  6. ^ William L. Traughber (September 8, 2011). Vanderbilt Football: Tales of Commodore Gridiron History. ISBN 9781625842312.
  7. ^ "Johnny Beazley".