About Peyton Evans
Lived 1892 – 1972 (aged 79). Peyton Evans was an American head coach and politician.
Peyton Randolph Evans (October 18, 1892 – February 24, 1972) was an American football player and coach. He was the head football coach at the University of Virginia in 1916. Evans attended Virginia Polytechnic Institute, where he played football.
Evans later worked as a lawyer in Prince George, Virginia and served as a counsel and executive secretary of the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association. He died in 1972.
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Who was Peyton Evans?
American football coach (1892-1972)
When was Peyton Evans born?
Peyton Evans was born on 18 October 1892 in Amherst.
When did Peyton Evans die?
Peyton Evans died on 24 February 1972.
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Peyton Evans was a head coach and politician.
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Peyton Evans was American.
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