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Vernon Sharpe, Junior. was born in Nashville on November 30, 1906 to Vernon Hibbett Sharpe and Lorene Seleney Dandridge.
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He was a prominent center for Dan McGugin"s Vanderbilt Commodores of He was in the same class as the quarterback to whom he snapped the ball, College Football Hall of Fame member Bill Spears. Sharpe stood 6 feet 1 inches and weighed 180 pounds. 1927
Sharpe was captain of the 1927 team, which included the nation"s leading scorer in running back Jimmy Armistead.
Sharpe received the second most All-Southern votes of any center, behind Elvin Butcher of Tennessee.
Sharpe arguably had the better season, but was seen as having been outperformed by Butcher in the Vanderbilt–Tennessee game. Sharpe was suffering from a knee injury at the time, including the week before against Georgia Technical and Peter Pund.
He was called by coach McGugin the greatest Vandy center since Stein Stone.
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