Career
Seibels is best known as the running back and captain on the undefeated 1899 Tigers football team Known as the "Iron Men," they had a six-day road trip with five shutout wins over Texas Agricultural and Mechanical. Texas. Tulane; Louisiana State University; and Ole Mississippi
Recalled memorably with the phrase ".and on the seventh day they rested." The biggest fear of the road trip was injuries, as players who left a game were not allowed to return.
In the very first game of that road trip, with Texas, Seibels got a gash on his forehead which was stuck together with "sticking plaster." Seibels scored two touchdowns in that game, and only missed the Tulane game. He scored a record 19 touchdowns in 1899.
He was nominated though not selected for an Associated Press All-Time Southeast 1869-1919 era team Seibels also captained the baseball team that year.
And it too went undefeated.
After college he was headmaster of Grammar School and then moved to Birmingham and was in the insurance business.
