Porter Cup (trophy): Difference between revisions

The '''Porter Cup''' was a [[sterling silver]] [[loving cup]] trophy once awarded by the Porter Clothing Company to the best all-around athlete from a major southern university, including the [[University of Alabama]], [[Birmingham-Southern College]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bscsports.net/information/history|title=Birmingham-Southern Athletic History}}</ref> [[Tulane University|Tulane]] and [[Tennessee]]'s three major universities: [[Vanderbilt Commodores|Vanderbilt]], [[Sewanee Tigers|Sewanee]] and [[Tennessee Volunteers|Tennessee]].<ref>{{cite journal|page=286|url=https://www.motardsdu11septembre.be.tf/stream/sigmaphiepsilonj224sigm#page/286/mode/2up/search/porter|journal=Sigma Phi Epsilon Journal|year=1925|title=Sig Epics}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Atlanta Constitution|title=Kuhn Given Porter Cup|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1997560/the_atlanta_constitution/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|accessdateaccess-date=March 20, 2015|date=June 1, 1923|page=10}} {{Open access}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h83OAAAAMAAJ|title=Register|last=University|first=Tennessee|date=January 1, 1921-01-01|language=en}}</ref> The three in Tennessee were given by Alf Porter, and Alabama's was given by Henry Porter Loving.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://grfx.cstv.com/schools/alab/graphics/docs/20-m-footbl-recaps.pdf |title=Recap |website=grfx.cstv.com |format=PDF}}</ref> Alabama's is thus also called the "Porter Loving Cup".

The following is aan incomplete list of winners since the award started shortly after the [[First World War]]:

! Alabama

! Auburn

! Birmingham-Southern

! Howard

! Tulane

! Vanderbilt

! Sewanee

! Tennessee

! VMI

|[[Willis McCabe]]

|[[Ray Pepper]]

|[[Wop Glover]]

* [[Norris Cup]]