R. N. MacCallum

Robert Nelson MacCallum (November 5, 1888 – August 24, 1956)[1] was a college football player and reverend.

R. N. MacCallum

MacCallum in football uniform c. 1913
Sewanee Tigers
Position	Guard
Class	Graduate
Major	Theology
Career history
College	Sewanee (1910–1913)
High school	Mt. Vernon
Personal information
Born:	November 5, 1888 New York City, New York
Died:	August 24, 1956 (aged 67) El Paso, Texas
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight	191 lb (87 kg)
Career highlights and awards
All-Southern (1912, 1913)

Early years

MacCallum attended Mt. Vernon High School.[2]

Sewanee

He was an All-Southern guard for the Sewanee Tigers of Sewanee:The University of the South, captain of the 1913 team.[3][4][5] He graduated with a theology degree.[6]

Reverend

MacCallum was a seminarian who served parishes in Tennessee, Georgia, Texas, New Mexico, and South Carolina.[7] He was admitted as a candidate for Holy Orders on June 23, 1914 in Savannah, Georgia.[8]

References

1. Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA
2. University of the South (1911). "Register of Students". Catalogue and Announcements: 39.
3. "Consolidated All-Southern Chosen by Ten Scribes; Eleven Like Innis Brown's". Atlanta Constitution. December 3, 1912. p. 10.
4. "1913 Football Program - UT vs Sewanee (at Chattanooga)". October 18, 1913.
5. "1913".
6. "University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn". The Chronicle: 267. 1915.
7. "Deaths". Sewanee Alumni News. 22: 23. February 1956.
8. "Bishop's Diary of 1914-1915". Retrieved February 9, 2015.