Pete Mailhes

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]

Pete Mailhes
Mailhes in 1939
Biographical details
Born(1894-03-09)March 9, 1894
New Orleans, Louisiana
DiedMay 23, 1965(1965-05-23) (aged 71)
New Orleans, Louisiana
Alma materTulane University
Playing career
1912–1915Tulane
Position(s)Tackle/Fullback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1926–1941Tulane (assistant)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
2x All-Southern (1914, 1915)
Tulane Athletics Hall of Fame

Tulane University

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]

References
  1. 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
  2. "Tulane Athletics Hall of Fame". Retrieved January 26, 2015.
  3. Tulane University Football Program; Tulane University The Green Wave vs. Louisiana Polytech The Bulldogs. September 25, 1926.
  4. e. g. Dick Jemison (November 30, 1915). "Composite All-Southern Of Ten Of The Dopesters". Atlanta Constitution.
  5. "Year-by-Year Records". Archived from the original on January 29, 2015. Retrieved January 26, 2015.
  6. Parke H. Davis (1916). "National Stars of the Gridiron". St. Nicholas:An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks. 43: 58–59.
  7. S. Derby Gisclair (2007). Baseball at Tulane University. p. 27. ISBN 9780738542089.
  8. "Tulane Football Coaches". Archived from the original on October 11, 2015. Retrieved January 31, 2015.
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