Willie Geny

Charles F. "Willie" Geny was an American college football and basketball player for the Vanderbilt Commodores. He was football's Southeastern Conference player of the year in 1935. As captain of the Commodores, he led them to their first defeat of rival [1935 1935 Tennessee Volunteers football team|Tennessee Volunteers football team|Tennessee] in nine years. He was inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame in 1985. He later sold insurance. Geny persuaded Billy Joe Adcock to attend Vanderbilt.