American football quarterback

Bill MayTennessee Volunteers – No. 5

Position| Quarterback
Class| Graduate
Career history
College| Tennessee (1913–1915)
Career highlights and awards

* SIAA championship (1914)

Not to be confused with Bill May (American football, born 1913).

W. E. "Bill" May was a college football player.

## Tennessee Volunteers[edit]

He was a prominent quarterback for the Tennessee Volunteers of the University of Tennessee from 1913 to 1915.[1][2][3]

### 1914[edit]

May led the Volunteers to the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) championship in 1914, the first championship of any kind for the Tennessee program. Winning all nine of their games, the 1914 squad was only the second undefeated team in Tennessee history. May threw two touchdown passes to Goat Carroll in the 16–14 victory over Vanderbilt, the first ever victory over the Tennessee rival.[4][5] Carroll scored all of the Vols points, adding a field goal in between touchdowns. Irby Curry scored all of Vanderbilt's points. An account of the first Tennessee touchdown reads, "Four minutes of play had barely drifted by when Tennessee's weird, mystic, elusive forward pass, May to Carroll, deadly in accuracy, went sailing home for the first touchdown of the game. The chesty Tennessee quarterback sent the oval whizzing for a distance of thirty-five yards and Carroll gathered in the ball near his goal line, when he hurried beneath the posts with all the speed at his command."[6]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Jack Neely. "1915 Shutout win over Tennessee Volunteers overshadowed by tragedy". Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved January 26, 2015.
2. ^ "Volunteer Warrior". University of Tennessee Alumni Magazine.
3. ^ Bud Fields (1982). Big Orange. p. 54\. ISBN 9780880110716.
4. ^ Marvin West (September 16, 2014). "Tennessee Football 100 Years Ago". Archived from the original on November 13, 2014. Retrieved January 26, 2015.
5. ^ The Commercial Appeal. "Vols Score First Win Over Vandy". Greatest Moments in Tennessee: 12. ISBN 9781582610788.
6. ^ "Athletics". The University of Tennessee Record. 18 (5): 65. 1915.

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Tennessee Volunteers starting quarterbacks

* Howard Ijams (1891–1893)
* D. C. Chapman (1896)
* Strang Nicklin (1897)
* C. L. Bryan (1899)
* J. G. Logan (1900)
* Sax Crawford (1901–1902)
* T. R. Watkins (1903–1904)
* Walker Leach (1905)
* J. C. Loucks (1906–1908)
* Chauncey Raulston (1909)
* Rufus Branch (1909–1912)
* Red Rainey (1913)
* Bill May (1914–1915)
* Buck Hatcher (1916)
* Willis McCabe (1919)
* Joe Evans (1920)
* Roe Campbell (1921–1924)
* Jimmie Smith (1922)
* Billy Harkness (1924–1926)
* Jimmy Elmore (1927)
* D. Vincent Tudor (1927–1929)
* Roy Witt (1928)
* Bobby Dodd (1928–1930)
* Deke Brackett (1931–1932)
* Beattie Feathers (1933)
* Charles Vaughan (1934)
* Phil Dickens (1935–1936)
* Walter Wood (1937)
* George Cafego (1938–1939)
* Van Thompson (1940)
* Johnny Butler (1941)
* Jim Gaffney (1943)
* Buzz Warren (1943–1944)
* Walter Slater (1946)
* Orvis Milner (1947)
* Jack Armstrong (1948)
* Jimmy Hill (1949–1950)
* Jimmy Hahn (1950–1951)
* Bill Blackstock (1951)
* Hal Hubbard (1952)
* Bill Barbish (1953)
* Jimmy Beutel (1954–1955)
* Johnny Majors (1956)
* Bobby Gordon (1957)
* Billy Majors (1958–1960)
* Glenn Glass (1960–1961)
* Mallon Faircloth (1961–1963)
* Art Galiffa (1964–1966)
* Dewey Warren (1967)
* Bubba Wyche (1968)
* Bobby Scott (1969–1970)
* Condredge Holloway (1973–1974)
* Randy Wallace (1975–1976)
* Pat Ryan (1977)
* Jimmy Streater (1978–1979)
* Steve Alatorre (1980–1981)
* Alan Cockrell (1981–1983)
* Tony Robinson (1984–1985)
* Jeff Francis (1987–1988)
* Sterling Henton (1989)
* Andy Kelly (1989–1991)
* Heath Shuler (1992–1993)
* Jerry Colquitt (1994)
* Todd Helton (1994)
* Peyton Manning (1994–1997)
* Tee Martin (1998–1999)
* A. J. Suggs (2000)
* Casey Clausen (2000–2003)
* C.J. Leak (2002)
* James Banks (2002)
* Brent Schaeffer (2004)
* Rick Clausen (2004–2005)
* Erik Ainge (2004–2007)
* Jonathan Crompton (2006, 2008–2009)
* Nick Stephens (2008)
* Matt Simms (2010–2011)
* Tyler Bray (2010–2012)
* Justin Worley (2013–2014)
* Nathan Peterman (2013–2014)
* Joshua Dobbs (2013–2016)
* Quinten Dormady (2017)
* Jarrett Guarantano (2017–2020)
* Will McBride (2017)
* Brian Maurer (2019)
* J.T. Shrout (2019)
* Harrison Bailey (2020)
* Joe Milton (2021)
* Hendon Hooker (2021)

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