title: Fletcher Skidmore
text: # Fletcher Skidmore
  
  Fletcher Lee Skidmore (May 12, 1898 – September 10, 1965) was a college football player.
  
  ## Early years
  
  Skidmore was born May 12, 1898, in Decatur, Alabama, to James Sells and Bertha Weeber Skidmore.
  
  ## Sewanee
  
  Skidmore was a prominent tackle for the Sewanee Tigers football team of Sewanee: The University of the South. He was also a member of the track team. At one time he held the record for the 16 pound shot put. While at Sewanee and for some years after, he lived in Winchester, Tennessee.
  
  ### 1921
  
  In the 17–0 victory over Alabama, Skidmore gave the Tigers an early 3–0 lead with his 40-yard field goal in the first quarter. He was selected All-Southern.
  
  