About Joe Gavin
Lived 1908 – 1955 (aged 46–47). Joe Gavin was a basketball player.
Joseph J. Gavin (March 20, 1908 – May 31, 1955) was an American former football coach. He served as the head football coach at Holy Name High School from 1932 to 1946 and ay the University of Dayton from 1947 to 1953. He complied an overall record of 84–37–13 as a high school and of 39–26–2 as a college coach.
Gavin was murdered on May 31, 1955 when he was shot by a gunman at the Third National Bank in Dayton, Ohio.
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American football coach (born 1908)
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Joe Gavin died on 31 May 1955.
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