D. V. Graves
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Biographical details | |
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Born | Lincoln County, Missouri,U.S. | November 27, 1886
Died | January 16, 1960 Seattle, Washington,U.S. | (aged 73)
Playing career | |
Football | |
1906–1908 | Missouri |
1909 | Idaho |
Coaching career (HCunless noted) | |
Football | |
1911–1914 | Alabama |
1915–1917 | Texas A&M(assistant) |
1918 | Texas A&M |
1919 | Texas A&M(assistant) |
1920–1921 | Montana Agricultural |
1922–1938 | Washington(assistant) |
1942–1945 | Washington (assistant) |
Basketball | |
1912–1915 | Alabama |
1915–1916 | Texas A&M |
1920–1922 | Montana Agricultural |
1922–1946 | Washington(assistant) |
Baseball | |
1912–1915 | Alabama |
1912 | La Junta Railroaders |
1916–1919 | Texas A&M |
1923–1946 | Washington |
Administrative career (ADunless noted) | |
1911–1915 | Alabama |
1946–1960 | Washington(assistant AD) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 32–18–4 (college football) 50–27 (college basketball) 348–185–8 (college baseball) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Awards | |
University of WashingtonHusky Hall of Fame | |
Dorsett Vandeventer"Tubby"Graves(November 27, 1886 – January 16, 1960) was a college head coach inbaseball,football,andbasketball,and a player of football and baseball.[1][2]
A head coach in three sports, Graves was primarily a baseball coach, and led three college programs for a total of 32 seasons. He began at theUniversity of Alabamafor four seasons (1912–1915), spent another four atTexas A&M University(1916–1919), and finished with 24 seasons theUniversity of Washington(1923–1946).
In the sport of football, he was a college head coach for seven seasons: at Alabama (1911–1914), Texas A&M (1918), and the Agricultural College of the State of Montana—nowMontana State University(1920–1921), compiling a career record of 32–18–4. In basketball, he served as a head coach for six years: at Alabama (1912–1915), Texas A&M (1915–1916), and Montana Agricultural (1920–1922). At Washington, he was a longtime assistant coach in football and basketball, and later an assistant athletic director.
In the summer of 1912, Graves was the manager of theLa Junta Railroaders,aminor league baseballteam inLa Junta, Coloradoof the short-livedRocky Mountain League.[3][4]
Early years
[edit]Born inMissouri,Graves was one of ten children of a doctor, and his two given names were surnames of two physicians.[1]He playedcollege footballatMissourifrom 1906 to 1908, and after his eligibility was used up in the Midwest, he moved to theNorthwestand played atIdahoon thePalousefor a season in 1909.[5][6]After college, Graves played baseball in theminor leagues.[1]
Coaching career
[edit]Baseball
[edit]Graves was the head coach atAlabama,Texas A&M,andWashington,where he led the Huskies inSeattlefor 24 seasons (1923–1946). Graves had a long-standing amicable rivalry withBuck BaileyofWashington State,[7][8][9]whom he coached inbaseballandfootballat Texas A&M.[10]
Football
[edit]After several years of playing baseball in the minors, he coached football atAlabama,Texas A&M,and what is nowMontana State.[1]From 1911 to 1914, he led the Alabama program to a 21–12–3 record. In his only season at Texas A&M in 1918, he compiled a 6–1 record. He then served as an assistant coach at Texas A&M in 1919 under head coachDana X. Bible.[11]At Montana Agricultural inBozeman,he had a 5–5–1 record over two seasons. While head coach of thebaseballteam at Washington, Graves also served as an assistant coach infootballto several coaches.[12]
Basketball
[edit]Graves was a head basketball coach for six seasons, the first three atAlabama,where he was the program's first coach and compiled a record of 20–12 (.625) from 1912 to 1915.[13]He later headed theTexas A&Mprogram for a season and two atMontana Agricultural.AtWashington,he was an assistant coach for 24 seasons under head coachHec Edmundson.Graves had met Edmundson at Idaho when they were undergraduate athletes, and both were head coaches at Texas A&M in the spring of 1919, Edmundson in track and Graves in baseball.[1]
After coaching
[edit]After stepping down as baseball coach at Washington, Graves became an assistant athletic director at the university, where he remained until his death.[2]He was also involved withhorse racingin the state as a racestewardatLongacresinRentonandPlayfair Race CourseinSpokane.[9][14][15][16]
Death
[edit]While visitingPullmanin the spring of 1959, Graves fell and broke a hip.[8][17]That December, he was hospitalized in Seattle for treatment of aliverailment and died several weeks later in January 1960 at age 73.[1][2]He is buried atCalvary Cemeteryin Seattle, about a mile (1.6 km) northeast of the university.
The UW athletic office building (1964)[7][18]and the two former baseball fields (through 1997) were named for Graves; he was posthumously inducted into the Big W Club, the UW athletics hall of fame, in 1980.[19]
Head coaching record
[edit]College football
[edit]Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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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 Conference)(1920–1921) | |||||||||
1920 | Montana State | 3–1–1 | |||||||
1921 | Montana State | 2–4 | |||||||
Montana Agricultural: | 5–5–1 | ||||||||
Total: | 32–18–4 |
College baseball
[edit]Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Alabama Crimson Tide(Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association)(1912–1915) | |||||||||
1912 | Alabama | 16–6 | |||||||
1913 | Alabama | 22–7 | |||||||
1914 | Alabama | 11–13 | |||||||
1915 | Alabama | 17–14–1 | |||||||
Alabama: | 66–30–1 (.686) | ||||||||
Texas A&M Aggies(Southwest Conference)(1916–1919) | |||||||||
1916 | Texas A&M | 17–8 | 8–7 | 3rd | |||||
1917 | Texas A&M | 9–5–3 | 2–4 | 3rd | |||||
1918 | Texas A&M | 14–5 | 4–4 | 2nd | |||||
1919 | Texas A&M | 8–6 | 4–4 | 2nd | |||||
Texas A&M: | 48–24–3 (.660) | 18–19 (.486) | |||||||
Washington Huskies(Pacific Coast Conference)(1923–1946) | |||||||||
1923 | Washington | 16–4 | 8–1 | 1st(North) | |||||
1924 | Washington | 15–6–1 | 10–5–1 | 2nd | |||||
1925 | Washington | 11–2 | 8–2 | 1st(North) | |||||
1926 | Washington | 8–3 | 8–3 | 1st(North) | |||||
1927 | Washington | 7–7 | 5–4 | 4th(North) | |||||
1928 | Washington | 6–4 | 4–4 | 4th(North) | |||||
1929 | Washington | 12–7 | 9–6 | 1st(North) | |||||
1930 | Washington | 10–3 | 10–3 | 1st(North) | |||||
1931 | Washington | 13–3 | 13–3 | 1st(North) | |||||
1932 | Washington | 15–4 | 13–4 | 1st(North) | |||||
1933 | Washington | 7–3 | 3–3 | T–2nd(North) | |||||
1934 | Washington | 8–8 | 6–8 | 4th(North) | |||||
1935 | Washington | 13–13–1 | 10–6 | 2nd(North) | |||||
1936 | Washington | 15–10 | 9–7 | T–2nd(North) | |||||
1937 | Washington | 7–7 | 7–7 | 3rd(North) | |||||
1938 | Washington | 7–15–1 | 4–12 | 5th(North) | |||||
1939 | Washington | 9–12 | 6–10 | 4th(North) | |||||
1940 | Washington | 7–13 | 4–11 | 5th(North) | |||||
1941 | Washington | 10–6 | 10–6 | 2nd(North) | |||||
1942 | Washington | 8–8 | 8–8 | 2nd(North) | |||||
1943 | Washington | 10–7 | 8–7 | 3rd(North) | |||||
1944 | Washington | 5–5–1 | Independent | ||||||
1945 | Washington | 4–9 | 2–2 | 2nd(North) | |||||
1946 | Washington | 11–7 | 8–8 | 3rd(North) | |||||
Washington: | 234–131–4 (.637) | ||||||||
Total: | 348–185–8 (.651) | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
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- ^abc"Tubby Graves dies in Seattle".Spokane Daily Chronicle.Associated Press. January 18, 1960. p. 13.
- ^"Welch to keep Tub".Vancouver Sun.January 29, 1942. p. 14.
- ^"Tubby Graves Minor League Statistics & History".Baseball-Reference.Sports Reference LLC.RetrievedJune 24,2010.
- ^Johnson, Bob (January 23, 1960)."Records are straight".Spokane Daily Chronicle.p. 8.
- ^"Varsity Football: 1909 season".Gem of the Mountains.May 1910. p. 104.
- ^ab"Buck Bailey returns favor".Spokesman-Review.April 29, 1964. p. 14.
- ^ab"Hospital session".Spokane Daily Chronicle.(photo). April 23, 1959. p. 34.
- ^abMissildine, Harry (January 19, 1960)."Graves' death leaves unfillable gap".Spokesman-Review.p. 12.
- ^Fry, Dick (March 26, 1961)."The life and legend of Buck Bailey, 34 years a Cougar".Spokesman-Review.p. 5, sports.
- ^1920 Long Horn.Texas A&M University. 1920.RetrievedJanuary 24,2018.
- ^"Washington grid staff now completed".Lewiston Morning Tribune.Associated Press. February 22, 1942. p. 10.
- ^"Alabama Head Coaches All-Time Record Breakdown"(PDF).RollTide.com.Archived fromthe original(PDF)on July 15, 2011.RetrievedMarch 10,2007.
- ^"Longacres officials are named".Spokane Daily Chronicle.United Press. April 11, 1951. p. 1.
- ^"Tubby Graves named steward at Playfair".Spokane Daily Chronicle.August 22, 1951. p. 22.
- ^"Graves to head officials' staff for race meet".Spokane Daily Chronicle.August 18, 1956. p. 8.
- ^"Graves injured in Pullman fall".Spokane Daily Chronicle.Associated Press. April 18, 1959. p. 8.
- ^Missildine, Harry (September 4, 1963)."Call it the Graves-Hilton".Spokesman-Review.p. 12.
- ^"Big W Club - Hall of Fame".The Tyee Club, University of Washington Athletics. Archived fromthe originalon August 20, 2011.RetrievedJune 16,2011.
- ^"Baseball: record book"(PDF).University of Washington Athletics. 2013. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on December 28, 2013.RetrievedSeptember 28,2014.
- ^"Baseball: media guide".University of Alabama Athletics. 2014. p. 108. Archived fromthe originalon October 3, 2014.RetrievedSeptember 28,2014.
- ^"Baseball: media guide"(PDF).Texas A&M University Athletics. 2014. pp. 120, 123.RetrievedSeptember 28,2014.[permanent dead link]
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