Tot McCullough
Claude Royal "Tot" McCullough was an American football and baseball player for the Vanderbilt Commodores of Vanderbilt University. He was a member of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity. McCullough was noted for his size, given epithets such as "gigantic" and "Huge Tot McCullough."
Vanderbilt University
Football
"Tot" was an end and tackle on Dan McGugin's Vanderbilt Commodores football teams which won two conferences titles in 1921 [Vanderbilt Commodores football team|1921] and 1922 [Vanderbilt Commodores football team|1922].1921
He was selected All-Southern Team|All-Southern] by Fuzzy Woodruff.1922
McCullough was a starter for 1922 Michigan vs. [Vanderbilt football game|the scoreless tie] with the 1922 [Michigan Wolverines football team|Michigan Wolverines] at the dedication of Dudley Field. Harry Kipke in recalling that game said "I picked myself up very, very painfully from every blade of grass in the place. It seems to me I spent most of the afternoon flat of my back and if I saw McCullough, their big end, on the street tomorrow, I'd start climbing a tree." He may have been the player to stop Kipke on the goal line by bracing against the goal post during the game, as he mentioned doing such once. Walter Camp praised Tot's run defense. McCullough was also on the receiving end of Vanderbilt's only offensive play of note that day, a 20-odd yard pass from captain Jess Neely.McCullough was ruled ineligible for the 1923 football season. Those who played for baseball in the South Georgia league, or any other unrecognized one, were disallowed from participating in varsity athletics in the Southern Conference. Tot had played with the Albany club.