Ray G. Dauber
American football player and coach, track and field athlete and coach, basketball coach
About Ray G. Dauber
Lived 1903 – 1965 (aged 61). Ray G. Dauber was an American basketball coach and athletics competitor.
Raymond George Dauber (October 24, 1903 – February 7, 1965) was an American football player, track and field athlete, and coach of multiple sports. He served as the head football coach at Western Reserve University—now a part of Case Western Reserve University—for one game in 1930 and at Mississippi State University from 1931 to 1932, compiling a career college football record of 6–11 record. Dauber was also the head basketball coach at Mississippi State from 1927 to 1933 and at Tulane University from 1933 to 1938, tallying a career college basketball mark of 64–114. In addition, he coached track and cross country at Western Reserve in the mid-1920s.
Dauber was an All-American shot putter for the Iowa Hawkeyes track and field team, finishing seventh at the 1925 NCAA Track and Field Championships.
Coaching career Dauber served as an assistant football coach at Mississippi State from 1929 to 1930. In 1929, he and head coach John W. Hancock formed one of the youngest coaching staffs in the country. In 1934, he was serving as the freshman team coach at Tulane University. He was promoted to ends coach in 1936. Dauber also coached the Tulane basketball team. He resigned from Tulane in March 1938.
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Who was Ray G. Dauber?
American football player and coach, track and field athlete and coach, basketball coach
When was Ray G. Dauber born?
Ray G. Dauber was born on 24 October 1903 in Duluth.
When did Ray G. Dauber die?
Ray G. Dauber died on 7 February 1965 in Iowa City.
What was Ray G. Dauber's occupation?
Ray G. Dauber was a basketball coach and athletics competitor.
What nationality was Ray G. Dauber?
Ray G. Dauber was American.
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