Louis Whorley "Red" Hasslock (February 8, 1888 – April 5, 1974) was an American college football player, colonel, and regimental instructor.[1]

Louis Hasslock
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PositionGuard
Personal information
Born(1888-02-08)February 8, 1888
Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
DiedApril 5, 1974(1974-04-05) (aged 86)
Santa Barbara, California, U.S.
Listed weight173 lb (78 kg)
Career information
High schoolMontgomery Bell Academy
CollegeVanderbilt (1907–1908)
Awards and highlights

College football

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Hasslock was a guard for Dan McGugin's Vanderbilt Commodores of Vanderbilt University.[2] He was selected All-Southern in 1908, a year in which he had to contend for a spot with College Football Hall of Fame member Nathan Dougherty.[3] Before Vanderbilt played Michigan in 1908, Hasslock had been on duty at Reelfoot Lake with a militia who were to guard against night riders. When he learned he could be granted a leave of absence if he were to join his football team, he walked a distance of twenty miles through a country infested with night riders, and caught a train at Union City.[4][5]

References

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  1. "MALONE AND AIDES PASS TESTS POSTS QUALIFIED". The Bakersfield Californian. August 27, 1940. p. 8.
  2. "Wearers of the "V."". Vanderbilt University Quarterly. 9: 189. 1909.
  3. Spalding's Football Guide. Shawnee Mission, Kansas, NCAA Publishing Service. 1909. p. 75.
  4. "Walks Many Miles To Join Football Team". The Winchester News. October 30, 1908.
  5. Night Riders of Reelfoot Lake. University of Alabama Press. June 23, 2003. ISBN 9780817350390.
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