Grailey Berryhill

Grailey Berryhill
Grailey Berryhill
	Berryhill in football uniform, c. 1919
Member of the Tennessee House of Representatives; from Tennessee
	In office; 1967–1973
Personal details
Born	August 17, 1896; McKenzie, Tennessee, U.S.
Died	January 10, 1976 (aged 79); Jackson, Tennessee, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Residence	Madison County, Tennessee
Education	Vanderbilt University (MD)
Occupation	Physician

Grailyn Hewitt "Grailey" Berryhill (August 17, 1896 – January 10, 1976) was an American football player, physician, and politician. He was a star running back for Dan McGugin's Vanderbilt Commodores of Vanderbilt University. He scored six touchdowns in the 76 to 0 win over Tennessee in 1918,^[1]^[2] and was captain-elect for 1921.^[3] Berryhill received one of the school's highest honors that a student could achieve, the "Bachelor of Ugliness." He was also a three-term member of the Tennessee General Assembly.^[4]

Early years

Grailey Berryhill was born on August 17, 1896, in McKenzie, Tennessee, to Adam Douglas Berryhill and Harriett Costen.

When Berryhill did not return to the 1921 Vanderbilt Commodores football team, sports writer Ferguson "Fuzzy" Woodruff wrote "While prospects seem fair to middling in most of the big southern colleges, there are two notable exceptions. Dan McGugin expects nothing of Vanderbilt this year. Dan has lost Berryhill, his only reliable backfield man, through the matrimonial route."^[5]

Berryhill graduated with an MD from Vanderbilt University in 1921.

^ Russell, Fred, and Maxwell Edward Benson. Fifty Years of Vanderbilt Football. Nashville, TN, 1938, p. 36
^ Bill Traughber (November 18, 2009). "Vandy-UT's conflict of 1918".
^ "Berryhill Named Captain of Vandy". Montgomery Adviser. November 30, 1920.
^ "Berryhill, Grailyn Hewitt (1896–)".
^ "Southern Football Squads Held Back by Broiling Heat". Montgomery Advertiser. September 18, 1921.

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