| D. V. Graves | |
| File:D. V. Graves.png c. 1945 | |
| Sport(s) | Football, basketball, baseball |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born | 1886 Alabama[1] |
| Died | January 16, 1960 (aged 73) Seattle, Washington |
| Playing career | |
| Football 1906–1908 1909 | Missouri Idaho |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football 1911–1914 1915–1917 1918 1920–1921 1922–1938 1942–1945 Basketball 1912–1915 1915–1916 1920–1922 1922–1946 Baseball 1912–1915 1912 1916–1919 1923–1946 | Alabama Texas A&M (assistant) Texas A&M Montana Agricultural Washington (assistant) Washington (assistant) Alabama Texas A&M Montana Agricultural Washington (assistant) Alabama La Junta Railroaders Texas A&M Washington |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 32–18–4 (football) 50–27 (basketball) 347–219–8 (college baseball) |
| Statistics College Football Data Warehouse | |
Dorsett Vandeventer "Tubby" Graves (1886 – January 16, 1960) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach and a player of football and baseball. He served as the head football coach at the University of Alabama (1911–1914), Texas A&M University (1918), and the Agricultural College of the State of Montana, now known as Montana State University – Bozeman (1920–1921), compiling a career record of 32–18–4. Graves also coached basketball at Alabama (1912–1915), Texas A&M (1915–1916), and Montana Agricultural (1920–1922) and baseball at Alabama (1912–1915), Texas A&M (1916–1919), and the University of Washington (1923–1946). In 1912, Graves was the manager of the La Junta Railroaders, a minor league baseball team of the short-lived Rocky Mountain League. [2][3]
Football[]
Graves played college football at Missouri from 1906 to 1908, and after his eligiblity was used up in the Midwest, at Idaho in 1909.[4][5] He coached at Alabama, Texas A&M, and what is now Montana State. From 1911 to 1914, he led the Alabama program to a 21–12–3 record. In 1918, he coached at Texas A&M, where he compiled a 6–1 record. From 1920 to 1921, he was at Montana State, where he compiled a 5–5–1 record. While head coach of the baseball team at Washington, Graves also served as an assistant coach in football.[6]
Basketball[]
Graves coached Alabama from 1913 to 1915 where he compiled a record of 20–12 (.625).[7] At Washington, he was an assistant coach for 24 seasons under head coach Hec Edmundson.
Baseball[]
Graves was the head coach at Alabama, Texas A&M, and Washington, where he led the Huskies for 24 seasons (1923–1946). Following his coaching career, he was named manager of athletics in 1947.[8] The UW athletic office building (1964)[9][10] and the former baseball field (through 1997) were named for Graves; he was posthumously inducted into the Big W Club, the UW athletics hall of fame, in 1980.[11]
Head coaching record[]
Football[]
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama Crimson Tide (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1911–1914) | |||||||||
| 1911 | Alabama | 5–2–2 | 2–2–2 | ||||||
| 1912 | Alabama | 5–3–1 | 3–3–1 | ||||||
| 1913 | Alabama | 6–3 | 4–3 | ||||||
| 1914 | Alabama | 5–4 | 4–3 | ||||||
| Alabama: | 21–12–3 | 13–11–3 | |||||||
| Texas A&M Aggies (Southwest Conference) (1918) | |||||||||
| 1918 | Texas A&M | 6–1 | 1–1 | T–3rd | |||||
| Texas A&M: | 6–1 | 1–1 | |||||||
| Montana Agricultural Bobcats (Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference) (1920–1921) | |||||||||
| 1920 | Montana Agricultural | 3–1–1 | |||||||
| 1921 | Montana Agricultural | 2–4 | |||||||
| Montana Agricultural: | 5–5–1 | ||||||||
| Total: | 32–18–4 | ||||||||
References[]
- ↑ Missildine, Harry (January 19, 1960). "Graves' death leaves unfillable gap". Spokesman-Review: p. 12. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UTJWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kucDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3355%2C1520615.
- ↑ "Welch to keep Tub". Vancouver Sun: p. 14. January 29, 1942. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vjRlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=R4kNAAAAIBAJ&pg=3842,3366902.
- ↑ "Tubby Graves Minor League Statistics & History". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=graves001tub. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
- ↑ Johnson, Bob (January 23, 1960). "Records are straight". Spokane Daily Chronicle: p. 8. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-6ASAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GvcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1527,5185250.
- ↑ "Varsity Football: 1909 season". Gem of the Mountains, University of Idaho yearbook. May 1910. p. 104. http://issuu.com/uidahodigital/docs/gem1911/108.
- ↑ "Washington grid staff now completed". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Associated Press: p. 10. February 22, 1942. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vo5fAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xTAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5094,3680634.
- ↑ "Alabama Head Coaches All-Time Record Breakdown". RollTide.com. http://www.rolltide.com/fls/8000/files/mbasketball/history/Alabama_Head_Coaches_All_Time.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=8000. Retrieved 2007-03-10.
- ↑ "Tubby Graves dies in Seattle". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Associated Press: p. 14. January 18, 1960. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9qASAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GvcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2929%2C3837820.
- ↑ Missildine, Harry (September 4, 1963). "Call it the Graves-Hilton". Spokesman-Review: p. 12. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tjhWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7egDAAAAIBAJ&dq=graves&pg=3077%2C999975.
- ↑ "Buck Bailey returns favor". Spokesman-Review: p. 14. April 29, 1964. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xbZWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HOkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6000,4686773.
- ↑ "Big W Club - Hall of Fame". The Tyee Club, University of Washington Athletics. http://www.gohuskies.com/tyeeclub/bigWclub_hof.html. Retrieved June 16, 2011.
External links[]
- D. V. Graves at the College Football Data Warehouse
- D. V. Graves at College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
- D. V. Graves at Find a Grave
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