American football and baseball player (1897–1931)
Marshall Guill Guill in 1918
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Position End Class Graduate Major Engineering Personal information Born: (1897-09-20 ) September 20, 1897 Sparta, Georgia, U.S.Died: May 11, 1931(1931-05-11) (aged 33) Guilford, Connecticut, U.S. Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Weight 161 lb (73 kg) Career history College Career highlights and awards
Marshall Franklin "Shorty" Guill (September 20, 1897 – May 11, 1931) was an American football and baseball player for the Georgia Tech Golden Tornado of the Georgia Institute of Technology . He was a member of the ANAK Society. He graduated with an M. E. in 1918.
Early years Guill was born in Sparta, Georgia on September 20, 1897 to Marshall Abner Guill and Zella Ada Moore.
Georgia Tech Guill as a member of the 1917 football team Guill was a prominent quarterback and end on John Heisman's Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team.
1916 He played during Tech's 222–0 rout of Cumberland in 1916 .
1917 Guill was a starter for the school's first national championship team in 1917 , which outscored opponents 491 to 17.
1919 Guill played as quarterback for much of 1919 , shifted to end in the latter part of the year for newcomer Jack McDonough.
Death He was killed in an automobile collision on the New London-New Haven highway near Guilford, Connecticut on May 11, 1931. At the time of his death he was connected with the American Moistener Corporation of Charlotte, North Carolina .[1]
See also References ^ "Marshall Guill". Georgia Tech Alumnus Magazine . 9 (10): 254. June 1931. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Marshall Guill .
Head coach: John Heisman Assistant coach: Charles "Wahoo" Guyon
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets starting quarterbacks
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