Marshall Franklin "Shorty" Guill (September 20, 1897 – May 11, 1931) was an American football and baseball player for the Georgia Tech Golden Tornado of the Georgia Institute of Technology. He was a member of the ANAK Society. He graduated with an M. E. in 1918.

Marshall Guill
Guill in 1918
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
PositionEnd
ClassGraduate
MajorEngineering
Personal information
Born:(1897-09-20)September 20, 1897
Sparta, Georgia, U.S.
Died:May 11, 1931(1931-05-11) (aged 33)
Guilford, Connecticut, U.S.
Height5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Weight161 lb (73 kg)
Career history
College
Career highlights and awards

Early years

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Guill was born in Sparta, Georgia on September 20, 1897 to Marshall Abner Guill and Zella Ada Moore.

Georgia Tech

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Guill as a member of the 1917 football team

Guill was a prominent quarterback and end on John Heisman's Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team.

1916

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He played during Tech's 222–0 rout of Cumberland in 1916.

1917

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Guill was a starter for the school's first national championship team in 1917, which outscored opponents 491 to 17.

1919

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Guill played as quarterback for much of 1919, shifted to end in the latter part of the year for newcomer Jack McDonough.

Death

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He was killed in an automobile collision on the New London-New Haven highway near Guilford, Connecticut on May 11, 1931. At the time of his death he was connected with the American Moistener Corporation of Charlotte, North Carolina.[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Marshall Guill". Georgia Tech Alumnus Magazine. 9 (10): 254. June 1931.
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