Pete Mailhes
American football player
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| Intro | American football player | |
| Places | United States of America | |
| was | American football player | |
| Work field | Sports | |
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| Birth | 9 March 1894, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA | |
| Death | 23 May 1965New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA (aged 71 years) | |
| Star sign | Pisces |
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Biography
Peter Philip Mailhes (March 9, 1894 – May 23, 1965) was a college football player and coach for the Tulane Green Wave football team of Tulane University. Mailhes was inducted into the Tulane Athletics Hall of Fame in 1998.
Tulane University
Playing career
Football
He was a prominent tackle and fullback for the Tulane Green Wave. He was "the greatest Tulane lineman of his day."
1915
He was captain and All-Southern for the 1915 team. One source describes him as "One of the greatest tackles of the South and captain of his eleven. Equally famed in baseball, basketball, track and field athletics.
Baseball
Mailhes also played baseball.
Coaching career
He then was a long-standing member of the Tulane coaching staff.