Mel Taube

Melvin Henry "Mel" Taube was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Massachusetts State College, now the University of Massachusetts Amherst, from 1931 to 1935 and at Carleton College from 1960 to 1969, compiling a career college football record of 62–58–5. Taube was also the head basketball coach at Massachusetts State (1933–1936), Purdue University (1945–1950), and Carleton (1950–1960), amassing a career college basketball mark of 201–142. In addition, he was the head baseball coach at Massachusetts State (1932–1935), Purdue (1947–1950) and Carleton (1967 and 1969), tallying a career college baseball record of 93–74–3. A three-sport letterman, Taube played football, basketball, and baseball at Purdue.