Roscoe Word (American football guard)


Roscoe "Piggy" Word was a college football player and coach and lawyer.

University of Tennessee

Word was a prominent guard for the Tennessee Volunteers of the University of Tennessee. He was its only three-time captain and was selected All-Southern in 1907. In 1906 he was an assistant coach, the team's first.

Law

Word was a member of the Knoxville firm of Smith, Word, & Anderson.