Biographical details | |
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Born | Highland, Virginia, U.S. | February 17, 1870
Died | July 15, 1923 Covington, Virginia, U.S. | (aged 53)
Playing career | |
1892–1894 | Virginia |
Position(s) | Halfback |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1895–1896 | VMAC / VPI |
1898 | Virginia (assistant) |
1901 | Ohio |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 15–4–2 |
Arlington Cecil Jones (February 17, 1870 – July 15, 1923)[1] was an American college football player, coach, and doctor.[2][3] Jones played as a prominent halfback for the Virginia Cavaliers. He served as the head football coach at Virginia Tech—then known Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (VAMC) and renamed as Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (VPI)—from 1895 to 1896 and at Ohio University in 1901, compiling a career college football record of 15–4–2.