Hope Sadler

David Hope Sadler (October 12, 1882 – August 29, 1931)[1] was an American football player for John Heisman's Clemson Tigers of Clemson University. He was captain of the SIAA champion 1902 and 1903 Clemson Tigers football teams coached by Heisman, selected All-Southern the same years.[2][3] One publication reads "Vetter Sitton and Hope Sadler were the finest ends that Clemson ever had perhaps."[4] Sitton played on the left; Sadler on the right.[5]

Hope Sadler
Sadler in The Oroneean, 1903
Clemson Tigers
PositionEnd
ClassGraduate
Career history
CollegeClemson (1900–1903)
Personal information
Born:(1882-10-12)October 12, 1882
York County, South Carolina
Died:August 29, 1931(1931-08-29) (aged 48)
Rock Hill, South Carolina
Weight154 lb (70 kg)
Career highlights and awards

Early years

Hope Sadler was born on October 12, 1882 in York County, South Carolina to Rufus Earle Sadler and Lillian Emily Crawford.

College football

In the "1903 SIAA championship game" against the Cumberland Bulldogs, which opened its season with an upset of Vanderbilt, the winning team was to be awarded the ball. The game ended in an 11–11 tie. Captain W. W. Suddarth of Cumberland wanted captain Sadler to get the ball, and Sadler insisted Suddarth should have it. Some ten minutes of bickering was resolved when the ball was given to patrolman Patrick J. Sweeney, for warning the media and fans to stay down in front and allow spectators to see the game.[6]

High school football

Sadler coached the University School for Boys in Stone Mountain, Georgia in 1904.[7][8] Later Oglethorpe coach Frank B. Anderson was an assistant.

References
  1. South Carolina. South Carolina death records. Columbia, SC, USA: South Carolina Department of Archives and History.1
  2. "Sadler Is Made Captain of All-Southern Team". Atlanta Constitution. November 29, 1903.
  3. "Johnny Desaulles Picks All-Southern Football Team". The State. August 27, 1904.
  4. "Vetter Sitton Clemson Coach". The Anderson Daily-Intelligencer. January 21, 1915.
  5. Kyle King. Fighting Like Cats and Dogs (PDF). p. 33.
  6. Lou Sahadi (2014). 100 Things Clemson Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die. ISBN 9781600789977.
  7. "Sadler, Hope". Retrieved January 28, 2015.
  8. "Prep School Football Season Was Remarkably Successful". Atlanta Constitution. November 20, 1904. p. 5. Retrieved March 10, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
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