He was a champion in two glorious careers. First he was Frank Juhan, all-round athlete and prize scholar at the University of the South at Sewanee. Then he was the Right Reverend Juhan, Episcopal bishop. At Sewanee he was a center on offense and first player in the South to play roving linebacker on defense. He was on the baseball team, track team (Southern intercollegiate mile champion), and boxing team (Southern intercollegiate champion). While a student, he boxed an exhibition with Bob Fitzsimmons, former heavyweight champion. In his football years, 1908-1910, Sewanee went 18-4-3, with victories over Georgia, Georgia Tech, Auburn, Alabama, Vanderbilt, and Louisiana State. One of the losses was to Princeton, an Eastern power. Juhan obtained his degree in theology and was ordained in 1912. He served as chaplain, West Texas Military Academy, 1912-1913; chaplain, Sewanee Academy, 1913-1916; rector, Christ Church, Greenville, South Carolina, 1916-1924. On November 24, 1924, he was consecrated Episcopal Bishop of Florida, a post he held until December 31, 1956. He received honorary doctor of divinity degrees from Sewanee in 1925 and Washington & Lee in 1949 and a doctor of laws from Rollins in 1950. Bishop Frank Juhan was born April 27, 1887 in Macon, Georgia, and died December 31, 1967 at Sewanee, Tennessee.
