Peggy Flournoy

Peggy Flournoy

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Tulane Green Wave
Position	Halfback
Career history
College	Tulane (1923–1925)
High school	Rugby Academy
Personal information
Date of birth	(1904-01-17)January 17, 1904
Place of birth	Mississippi
Date of death
Place of death	New Orleans, Louisiana
Height
Weight
Career highlights and awards
First-team All-American (1925) 2× All-Southern (1924, 1925) Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame

Charles Priestley "Peggy" Flournoy (January 17, 1904 – October 7, 1972) was an American football and baseball player and coach.

Early years

Flournoy attended high school at the Rugby Academy.

Playing career

He played college football at the halfback position for the Tulane Green Wave football team from 1923 to 1925. He stood 6 feet, 1 inch, weighed 165 pounds, and wore number 15. As a senior in 1925, Flournoy led Tulane to an undefeated season and led the nation in scoring with 128 points. At the end of the 1925 season, he was selected by Billy Evans and Norman E. Brown as a first-team halfback on their 1925 College Football All-America Teams. He was also named a second-team All-American by the Associated Press and the All-America Board. He was inducted into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame in 1968. He died in New Orleans in 1972.

One account reads "In the South they call "Peggy" Flournoy of Tulane University, the greatest all-round gridder in that section."

Coaching career

Flournoy assisted his alma mater's football team in 1926, and was the baseball coach in 1928.

See also

• List of NCAA major college football yearly scoring leaders