Billy Chase

Billy Chase
Florida Gators No. 50
Position Halfback
Career history
College Florida (19331935)
High school Lakeland
Career highlights and awards
third-team All-SEC (1935)

William W. Chase was a college football player. Chase was a prominent halfback for coach Dutch Stanley's Florida Gators of the University of Florida from 1933 to 1935.[1] Chase was a native of Lakeland.[2] A triple threat back, he was elected captain of the 1935 team.[3] Memorably, he returned a kickoff ninety-eight yards against Ole Miss in 1934.[4] He was third-team AP All-SEC.[5]

References

  1. McEwen, Tom, The Gators: A Story of Florida Football, The Strode Publishers, Huntsville, Alabama (1974) pp. 110-111
  2. "Alton Brown, Star Center, Also Honored". The Evening Independent. December 15, 1934.
  3. The Blue Book of College Athletics. 1935. p. 17.
  4. 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide Archived December 8, 2015, at the Wayback Machine., University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida (2015).
  5. "The 1935 All-Southeastern Eleven". The Evening Independent. December 4, 1935.
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