Phil Connell

William Phillip Connell (August 24, 1874 – February 13, 1932) was an American college football player and later a prominent business man of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Vanderbilt University He was a running back for the Vanderbilt Commodores football team of Vanderbilt University. Considered one of the sport's early greats, he was picked for an all-time Vanderbilt team in 1912. Connell was captain of the 1895 and 1896 teams.

1892 The oldest team in the memory of Grantland Rice was the 1892 team. Rice claimed Connell then would be a good player in any era.

1894 Connel featured in Vanderbilt's first ever defeat of Ole Miss in 1894, giving the school its only loss of the season by the score of 40 to 0.

1895 Connell was selected as a substitute for the All-Southern team. Vanderbilt allowed no points on the season and split a claim to the championship of the south when it held Virginia to a scoreless tie. Caspar Whitney said he was the South's finest football player.

Connell won Bachelor of Ugliness.