Arthur Sampson

Arthur Graves Sampson (October 24, 1898 – March 29, 1984) was an American football coach and sportswriter who was the head football coach at Tufts University from 1926 to 1929.

Early life Sampson was born and raised in Weymouth, Massachusetts. He attended Tufts College and was manager of the school's football team for three years. His 1927 team finished the season undefeated and outscored their opponents 218 to 19. He finished at Tufts with a career record of 22–7–1. After leaving Tufts, Sampson spent one season as an assistant under Lou Little at Columbia and two seasons under Eddie Casey at Harvard.

Publicity work In 1942, Sampson became the sports publicity director at Harvard. In 1943 he began publicizing Dartmouth Big Green athletics as well. In 1944 he became the publicity director of the Boston Yanks of the National Football League. He also served as the team's general manager.

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