D. V. Graves

D. V. Graves
Graves c. 1945
Biographical details
Born(1886-11-27)November 27, 1886
Lincoln County, Missouri, U.S.
DiedJanuary 16, 1960(1960-01-16) (aged 73)
Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1906–1908Missouri
1909Idaho
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1911–1914Alabama
1915–1917Texas A&M (assistant)
1918Texas A&M
1919Texas A&M (assistant)
1920–1921Montana Agricultural
1922–1938Washington (assistant)
1942–1945Washington (assistant)
Basketball
1912–1915Alabama
1915–1916Texas A&M
1920–1922Montana Agricultural
1922–1946Washington (assistant)
Baseball
1912–1915Alabama
1912La Junta Railroaders
1916–1919Texas A&M
1923–1946Washington
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1911–1915Alabama
1946–1960Washington (assistant AD)
Head coaching record
Overall32–18–4 (college football)
50–27 (college basketball)
348–185–8 (college baseball)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
University of Washington Husky Hall of Fame

Dorsett Vandeventer "Tubby" Graves (November 27, 1886 – January 16, 1960) was a college head coach in baseball, football, and basketball, and a player of football and baseball.[1][2]

A head coach in three sports, Graves was primarily a baseball coach, and led three college programs for a total of 32 seasons. He began at the University of Alabama for four seasons (1912–1915), spent another four at Texas A&M University (1916–1919), and finished with 24 seasons the University of Washington (1923–1946).

In the sport of football, he was a college head coach for seven seasons: at Alabama (1911–1914), Texas A&M (1918), and the Agricultural College of the State of Montana—now Montana State University (1920–1921), compiling a career record of 32–18–4. In basketball, he served as a head coach for six years: at Alabama (1912–1915), Texas A&M (1915–1916), and Montana Agricultural (1920–1922). At Washington, he was a longtime assistant coach in football and basketball, and later an assistant athletic director.

In the summer of 1912, Graves was the manager of the La Junta Railroaders, a minor league baseball team in La Junta, Colorado of the short-lived Rocky Mountain League.[3][4]

  1. ^ Eskenazi, David (November 12, 2013). "Wayback Machine: Dorsett V. 'Tubby' Graves". Sports Press Northwest. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
  2. ^ "Tubby Graves dies in Seattle". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Associated Press. January 18, 1960. p. 13.
  3. ^ "Welch to keep Tub". Vancouver Sun. January 29, 1942. p. 14.
  4. ^ "Tubby Graves Minor League Statistics & History". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 24, 2010.