Tot McCullough
McCullough in 1922
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| Vanderbilt Commodores No. 22 | |
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| Position | End, tackle |
| Class | Graduate |
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| College | Vanderbilt (1920–1922) |
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| Date of birth | May 20, 1895 |
| Place of birth | Lewisburg, Tennessee |
| Date of death | September 1963 (aged 67–68) |
| Place of death | Nashville, Tennessee |
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Weight | 180 lb (82 kg) |
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Claude Royal "Tot" McCullough (May 20, 1895 – September 1963) was an American football and baseball player for the Vanderbilt Commodores of Vanderbilt University. He was a member of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity. McCullough was noted for his size, given epithets such as "gigantic" and "Huge Tot McCullough."
"Tot" was an end and tackle on Dan McGugin's Vanderbilt Commodores football teams which won two conferences titles in 1921 and 1922.
He was selected All-Southern by Fuzzy Woodruff.
McCullough was a starter for the scoreless tie with the Michigan Wolverines at the dedication of Dudley Field. Harry Kipke in recalling that game said "I picked myself up very, very painfully from every blade of grass in the place. It seems to me I spent most of the afternoon flat of my back and if I saw McCullough, their big end, on the street tomorrow, I'd start climbing a tree." He may have been the player to stop Kipke on the goal line by bracing against the goal post during the game, as he mentioned doing such once.Walter Camp praised Tot's run defense. McCullough was also on the receiving end of Vanderbilt's only offensive play of note that day, a 20-odd yard pass from captain Jess Neely.
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