{{Short description|American football player (1885–1973)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox college football player |name=Eric Cheape |currentposition=Guard |birth_date={{birth date|1885|11|23}} |birth_place=Avon Park, Florida |death_date=October, 1973 |death_place=Sewanee, Tennessee |height_ft=6 |height_in=1 |weight_lb=170 |pastschools=Sewanee (1907–1909) |highlights= *SIAA championship (1909) *All-Southern (1909) }} '''Frederick Peter "Eric" Cheape''' (November 23, 1885 – October, 1973) was a college football player.
==Sewanee== Cheape was a prominent guard for the Sewanee Tigers football team of Sewanee:The University of the South from 1907 to 1909. He was from Avon Park, Florida.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2188607//|title=Tigers Are A Husky Bunch|date=November 9, 1907|page=11|accessdate=April 11, 2015|via=Newspapers.com|work=Atlanta Constitution}} {{Open access}}</ref>
===1907=== He was a member of the 1907 team, one of Sewanee's greatest.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1944523//|work=Atlanta Constitution|title=Brown Calls Vanderbilt '06 Best Eleven South Ever Had|date=February 19, 1911|accessdate=March 8, 2015|page=52|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}</ref>
===1909=== He was selected All-Southern in 1909,<ref>{{cite news|work=Atlanta Constitution|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1917559//|title=The All-Southern Eleven Picked By Coach Heisman|date=November 28, 1909|accessdate=March 4, 2015|via=Newspapers.com|page=3}} {{Open access}}</ref> a year in which Sewanee was conference champion.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/nashville-banner/190501466/|author=Fred Russell|title=Sewanee Through The Years: 1909 Team, With Five All-Southerns, Rated Best|work=Nashville Banner|date=November 5, 1941|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}</ref>
After his college career he pursued business in Birmingham, Alabama.<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 9, 1913 |title=Eric Cheape |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-birmingham-news/190500855/ |work=The Birmingham News |pages=10}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}} {{1909 College Football Composite All-Southerns}}
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