Vaughn Mancha

Vaughn Mancha

Mancha, circa 1945
No. 41
Position:	Center
Personal information
Born:	(1921-10-07)October 7, 1921 Sugar Valley, Georgia, U.S.
Died:	January 27, 2011(2011-01-27) (aged 89)[1] Tallahassee, Florida, U.S.
Height:	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:	230 lb (104 kg)
Career information
High school:	Birmingham (AL) Ramsay
College:	Alabama
NFL draft:	1948 / round: 1 / pick: 5
Career history
As a player:
Boston Yanks (1948)
As a coach:
Livingston State (1949–1951)
As an administrator:
Florida State (AD, 1959–1971)
Career highlights and awards
Consensus All-American (1945) First-team All-SEC (1945) 3× Second-team All-SEC (1944, 1946, 1947)
College Football Hall of Fame

Vaughn Hall Mancha (October 7, 1921 – January 27, 2011) was an American professional football player for the Boston Yanks of the National Football League (NFL). He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1990. He was named to the All-SEC team during his career at the University of Alabama, where he played from 1944 through 1947. Earned all-SEC & All American honors as a four-year starter at the University of Alabama; played in Rose Bowl and two Sugar Bowls; voted All-Time Sugar Bowl team. Coached football at Livingston State University, Columbia University, and Florida State University and served as FSU Athletic Director.^[2]

Other honors include induction into the Florida State Sports Hall of Fame, the Tallahassee Sports Hall of Fame, and was selected to Alabama's All-Century Team. He was married to Sybil Mancha. They have three children and four grandchildren.