Pete Mailhes
Mailhes in 1939
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| Biographical details | |
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| Born |
March 9, 1894 New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Died | May 23, 1965 (aged 71) New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Alma mater | Tulane University |
| Playing career | |
| 1912–1915 | Tulane |
| Position(s) | Tackle/Fullback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1926–1941 | Tulane (assistant) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
| 2x All-Southern (1914, 1915) Tulane Athletics Hall of Fame |
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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.
He was a prominent tackle and fullback for the Tulane Green Wave. He was "the greatest Tulane lineman of his day."
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.
Mailhes also played baseball.
He then was a long-standing member of the Tulane coaching staff.
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