Here's one of the quality action shots. The cutline says "Tally makes short gain against Tulane Greenies."

Tally was Marion Talley, a senior from Decatur, Georgia. He studied textile engineering and was an all-around jock. In addition to football he was a pitcher on the baseball team, and basketball, and was on the track team. He married soon after college, had a daughter in 1941 and lost his wife in 1978. He got remarried sometime after that, and died in Georgia in 1995. The web doesn't tell me a lot more about him, but Marion Talley's stiff arm should live forever.

I believe that's Harold Memtsas, a 167-pound end he's about to pie face. He was something of a legend in Louisiana sports. But 167 pounds! Tulane's smallest defensive end last year was 230 pounds. (And that's undersized in the modern game.)

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