About O. V. Austin
Lived 1890 – 1960 (aged 69). O. V. Austin was a basketball player.
Oliver V. "Spout" Austin Sr. (September 25, 1890 – May 22, 1960) was an American college football, college basketball, and college baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at the Mississippi Normal College—now known as the University of Southern Mississippi—in Hattiesburg, Mississippi from 1921 to 1923, compiling a record of 8–13. Austin was also the head basketball coach at Mississippi Normal from 1921 to 1923, tallying a mark of 15–6, and the school's head baseball coach from 1920 to 1924, amassing a record of 33–15–3.
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Who was O. V. Austin?
American football, basketball, and baseball coach
When was O. V. Austin born?
O. V. Austin was born on 25 September 1890 in United States.
When did O. V. Austin die?
O. V. Austin died on 22 May 1960 in Mississippi.
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O. V. Austin was a basketball player.
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