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D. V. Graves

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D. V. Graves
Gravesc. 1945
Biographical details
Born(1886-11-27)November 27, 1886
Lincoln County, Missouri,U.S.
DiedJanuary 16, 1960(1960-01-16)(aged 73)
Seattle, Washington,U.S.
Playing career
Football
1906–1908Missouri
1909Idaho
Coaching career (HCunless noted)
Football
1911–1914Alabama
1915–1917Texas A&M(assistant)
1918Texas A&M
1919Texas A&M(assistant)
1920–1921Montana Agricultural
1922–1938Washington(assistant)
1942–1945Washington (assistant)
Basketball
1912–1915Alabama
1915–1916Texas A&M
1920–1922Montana Agricultural
1922–1946Washington(assistant)
Baseball
1912–1915Alabama
1912La Junta Railroaders
1916–1919Texas A&M
1923–1946Washington
Administrative career (ADunless noted)
1911–1915Alabama
1946–1960Washington(assistant AD)
Head coaching record
Overall32–18–4 (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

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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

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Baseball

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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College football

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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 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

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Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
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
Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion
Conference tournament champion

Source:[20][21][22]

References

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  1. ^abcdefEskenazi, David (November 12, 2013)."Wayback Machine: Dorsett V. 'Tubby' Graves".Sports Press Northwest.RetrievedSeptember 21,2014.
  2. ^abc"Tubby Graves dies in Seattle".Spokane Daily Chronicle.Associated Press. January 18, 1960. p. 13.
  3. ^"Welch to keep Tub".Vancouver Sun.January 29, 1942. p. 14.
  4. ^"Tubby Graves Minor League Statistics & History".Baseball-Reference.Sports Reference LLC.RetrievedJune 24,2010.
  5. ^Johnson, Bob (January 23, 1960)."Records are straight".Spokane Daily Chronicle.p. 8.
  6. ^"Varsity Football: 1909 season".Gem of the Mountains.May 1910. p. 104.
  7. ^ab"Buck Bailey returns favor".Spokesman-Review.April 29, 1964. p. 14.
  8. ^ab"Hospital session".Spokane Daily Chronicle.(photo). April 23, 1959. p. 34.
  9. ^abMissildine, Harry (January 19, 1960)."Graves' death leaves unfillable gap".Spokesman-Review.p. 12.
  10. ^Fry, Dick (March 26, 1961)."The life and legend of Buck Bailey, 34 years a Cougar".Spokesman-Review.p. 5, sports.
  11. ^1920 Long Horn.Texas A&M University. 1920.RetrievedJanuary 24,2018.
  12. ^"Washington grid staff now completed".Lewiston Morning Tribune.Associated Press. February 22, 1942. p. 10.
  13. ^"Alabama Head Coaches All-Time Record Breakdown"(PDF).RollTide.com.Archived fromthe original(PDF)on July 15, 2011.RetrievedMarch 10,2007.
  14. ^"Longacres officials are named".Spokane Daily Chronicle.United Press. April 11, 1951. p. 1.
  15. ^"Tubby Graves named steward at Playfair".Spokane Daily Chronicle.August 22, 1951. p. 22.
  16. ^"Graves to head officials' staff for race meet".Spokane Daily Chronicle.August 18, 1956. p. 8.
  17. ^"Graves injured in Pullman fall".Spokane Daily Chronicle.Associated Press. April 18, 1959. p. 8.
  18. ^Missildine, Harry (September 4, 1963)."Call it the Graves-Hilton".Spokesman-Review.p. 12.
  19. ^"Big W Club - Hall of Fame".The Tyee Club, University of Washington Athletics. Archived fromthe originalon August 20, 2011.RetrievedJune 16,2011.
  20. ^"Baseball: record book"(PDF).University of Washington Athletics. 2013. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on December 28, 2013.RetrievedSeptember 28,2014.
  21. ^"Baseball: media guide".University of Alabama Athletics. 2014. p. 108. Archived fromthe originalon October 3, 2014.RetrievedSeptember 28,2014.
  22. ^"Baseball: media guide"(PDF).Texas A&M University Athletics. 2014. pp. 120, 123.RetrievedSeptember 28,2014.[permanent dead link]
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