Eliot Varnum Graves (September 24, 1882 – 1967) was an American football player and coach of football and basketball. He served as the head football coach at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin from 1906 to 1908, compiling a record of 11–10. Graves was also the head basketball coach at Lawrence from 1907 to 1909, tallying a mark of 13–6.[1] Graves played football at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in 1903.[2] He was the son of Episcopalian bishop Anson Rogers Graves.[3]
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 24, 1882 Bennington, Vermont, U.S. |
| Died | 1967 |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1903 | Nebraska |
| Position(s) | Halfback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1906–1908 | Lawrence |
| Basketball | |
| 1907–1909 | Lawrence |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 11–10 (football) 13–6 (basketball) |
Head coaching record
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edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence Vikings (Independent) (1906–1908) | |||||||||
| 1906 | Lawrence | 4–3 | |||||||
| 1907 | Lawrence | 4–3 | |||||||
| 1908 | Lawrence | 3–4 | |||||||
| Lawrence: | 11–10 | ||||||||
| Total: | 11–10 | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Men's Basketball Records" (PDF). Lawrence University. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 6, 2019. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- ^ "Letterwinners" (PDF). Nebraska Cornhuskers. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- ^ Compendium of History, Reminiscence and Biography of Western Nebraska. Alden Publishing Company. Retrieved December 30, 2018.