 Phillips while playing for Sewanee | |
| Sewanee Tigers | |
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| Position | Guard,Fullback |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | (1882-01-16)January 16, 1882 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Died: | June 29, 1955(1955-06-29) (aged 73) Boone, North Carolina |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Weight | 185 lb (84 kg) |
| Career history | |
| College | Sewanee (1900–1905) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| College Football Hall of Fame(1959) | |
| Bishop of Southwestern Virginia | |
| Church | Episcopal Church |
| Diocese | Southwestern Virginia |
| Elected | May 17, 1938 |
| In office | 1938–1954 |
| Predecessor | Robert Carter Jett |
| Successor | William H. Marmion |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | June 16, 1907 by Cleland Kinloch Nelson |
| Consecration | September 27, 1938 by Henry St. George Tucker |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1882-01-16)January 16, 1882 |
| Died | June 29, 1955(1955-06-29) (aged 73) Boone, North Carolina,United States |
| Buried | Trinity Episcopal Cathedral (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| Nationality | American |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Parents | Henry Desborough Phillips Nancy Phillips |
| Spouse | Ella Parr Reese(m. September 25, 1907) |
| Children | 3 |
| Occupation | Previously college footballer |
| Alma mater | Sewanee: The University of the South |
Henry Disbrow Phillips (January 16, 1882 – June 29, 1955) was an AmericanEpiscopal bishop (1938–1955) andcollege football player and coach (1900–1909).
Henry Disbrow Phillips was born on January 16, 1882. He was educated atBoys High School inAtlanta, Georgia.
Henry D. Phillips attendedSewanee: The University of the South. He played for theSewanee Tigers football team andbaseball team.[1][2] He is honored with a stained glass window in the University Chapel.[3]
Phillips was thrice selectedAll-Southern. SportswriterFuzzy Woodruff called him "the greatest football player who ever sankcleated shoes into achalk linesouth of theMason-Dixon line."[4] CoachJohn Heisman mentioned him third when he selected the twenty-five best Southern football players in 1915.[5][a]
On the dedication ofHarris Stadium in 1957, one writer noted "The University of the South has numbered among its athletes some of the greatest. Anyone who played against giant Henry Phillips in 1901-1903 felt that he was nothing less than the best asguard andfullback."[7] He was posthumously elected to theCollege Football Hall of Fame in 1959 and is a member of the Sewanee Athletics Hall of Fame.
A description of his play byJohn de Saulles included "His weakness has always, and only, been that of Southern players generally –defense."[8]
He played Sewanee football for six seasons, and then spent two as a line coach. The two as line coach included anSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) championship in1909. He assisted his alma mater from 1909–1911; and 1914–1915.
He was also president of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) from 1919 to 1922.
After graduating fromSewanee Phillips was ordained in theEpiscopal Church. He was ordained deacon in 1906 and priest in 1907.
He then served as minister-in-charge of St Mark's Church inLaGrange, Georgia and warden of the LaGrange Settlement till 1915.
Between 1915 and 1921 he served as chaplain at the University of South, professor of English Bible and rector of Otey Memorial Parish inSewanee, Tennessee.[9]
In 1922 he became rector ofTrinity Church inColumbia, South Carolina, a post he retained till 1938.
In 1938 he was electedBishop of Southwestern Virginia and was consecrated on September 27, 1938, by Presiding BishopHenry St. George Tucker. He retired on March 24, 1954, 15 months before his death.
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