| Don Veller | |
| Sport(s) | Football, golf |
|---|---|
| Biographical details | |
| Born | May 20, 1912 |
| Died | November 10, 2006 (aged 94) Tallahassee, Florida |
| Playing career | |
| 1932–1934 | Indiana |
| Position(s) | Halfback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football 1935–1941 1946 1947 1948–1952 Golf 1953–1958 1966–1967 1974–1983 | Elkhart HS (IN) Hanover Indiana (assistant) Florida State Florida State Florida State Florida State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 35–15–1 (college football) 53–11–4 (high school football) |
| Statistics College Football Data Warehouse | |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships 3 Dixie (1948–1950) | |
Donald A. "Don" Veller (May 20, 1912 – November 10, 2006) was an American football player and coach of football and golf. He served as the head football coach at Hanover College in 1946 and at Florida State University from 1948 to 1952, compiling a career college football record of 35–15–1. Veller died at the age of 94 on November 10, 2006 in Tallahassee, Florida.[1]
Head coaching record[]
College football[]
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hanover Panthers (Indiana Intercollegiate Conference) (1946) | |||||||||
| 1946 | Hanover | 4–3 | |||||||
| Hanover: | 4–3 | ||||||||
| Florida State Seminoles (Dixie Conference) (1948–1950) | |||||||||
| 1948 | Florida State | 7–1 | 1st | ||||||
| 1949 | Florida State | 9–1 | 1st | ||||||
| 1950 | Florida State | 8–0 | 1st | ||||||
| Florida State Seminoles (NCAA Independent) (1951–1952) | |||||||||
| 1951 | Florida State | 6–2 | |||||||
| 1952 | Florida State | 1–8–1 | |||||||
| Florida State: | 31–12–1 | ||||||||
| Total: | 35–15–1 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title | |||||||||
References[]
- ↑ AP (November 11, 2006). "Ex Florida State football coach Veller dies, to be buried in Vevay". The Madison Courier. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PeVQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WRANAAAAIBAJ&pg=3513,3640364. Retrieved January 30, 2011.
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