Education
Berryhill graduated with an Doctor of Medicine from Vanderbilt University in 1921.
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Berryhill graduated with an Doctor of Medicine from Vanderbilt University in 1921.
He was a star running back for Dan McGugin"s Vanderbilt Commodores of Vanderbilt University. In 1921, that honor was given to Berryhill. 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."
Grailey Berryhill was born on August 17, 1896 in McKenzie, Tennessee to Adam Douglas Berryhill and Harriett Costen.
He scored six touchdowns in the 76 to 0 win over Tennessee in 1918, and was captain-elect for 1921. One of the highest honors that a student could achieve was the "Bachelor of Ugliness," a title given to the male undergraduate student believed to be most representative of ideal young manhood an the class"s most popular member, devised by Professor William H. Dodd in 1885.
He was also a three term member of the Tennessee General Assembly.
