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Byrd Douglas

1894 – 1965

American sports coach

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Lived 1894 – 1965 (aged 70). Byrd Douglas was an American baseball player and judge.

Byrd Douglas (August 28, 1894 – August 11, 1965) was an American college baseball and football coach as well as a judge.

Early years Douglas was born on August 28, 1894, in Nashville, Tennessee to William "Byrd" Douglas and Adelaide "Addie" Wharton Gaines. He attended Wallace University School of Nashville, Tennessee and Vanderbilt University. Douglas attended Vanderbilt in 1911 and 1912. He then attended Princeton University and was a star catcher on the baseball team.

Coaching career Douglas coached the 1921 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) champion Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team. The Vanderbilt yearbook claimed the season's success was "due almost entirely to one man," namely Douglas. Douglas was athletic director and football and baseball coach at Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tennessee the year after. That same year he wrote The Science of Baseball. He was inducted into the Cumberland Athletics Hall of Fame in 1991.

Legal and writing career Douglas was also a judge. Upon retirement he was designated Chairman Emeritus of the Conference of Trial Judges of Davidson County, Tennessee.

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Education
Princeton University

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Byrd Douglas's

Frequently asked questions

Who was Byrd Douglas?

American sports coach (1894-1965)

When was Byrd Douglas born?

Byrd Douglas was born on 28 August 1894 in Nashville.

When did Byrd Douglas die?

Byrd Douglas died on 11 August 1965 in Wilson County.

What was Byrd Douglas's occupation?

Byrd Douglas was a baseball player and judge.

What nationality was Byrd Douglas?

Byrd Douglas was American.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Byrd Douglas

· Wikidata: Q19665633

· DBpedia: Byrd Douglas

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