Theron J. Fouts
American football player and coach, basketball coach, baseball coach, track and field coach, college athletics administrator
About Theron J. Fouts
Lived 1893 – 1954 (aged 60). Theron J. Fouts was an American basketball coach.
Theron Judson Fouts Sr. (July 5, 1893 – April 28, 1954) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as head football coach at North Texas State Normal College—renamed as North Texas State Teachers' College in 1923, and now known as the University of North Texas—from 1920 to 1924. Fouts amassed a 23–14–2 record. He also started the school's track and field program and initiated the drive to build the 20,000-seat Eagle Stadium on campus. The venue was named Fouts Field in his honor.
Born in Gonzales, Texas, Fouts was married to Leslie Vann Sams Fouts and had two daughters and a son: Mary Lee Fouts (born October 20, 1920, in Crockett, TX), Dorthy Nell Fouts Crockett (born November 7, 1924, in Denton), and Theron Judson Fouts Jr. (born March 3, 1926, in Denton).
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American football player and coach, basketball coach, baseball coach, track and field coach, college athletics administrator (1893-1954)
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Theron J. Fouts was born on 5 July 1893 in Gonzales.
When did Theron J. Fouts die?
Theron J. Fouts died on 28 April 1954 in Denton.
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Theron J. Fouts was a basketball coach.
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Theron J. Fouts was American.
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