Arlie C. Jones | |
Birth Date: | 17 February 1870 |
Birth Place: | Highland, Virginia, U.S. |
Death Place: | Covington, Virginia, U.S. |
Player Years1: | 1892–1894 |
Player Team1: | Virginia |
Player Positions: | Halfback |
Coach Years1: | 1895–1896 |
Coach Team1: | VMAC / VPI |
Coach Years2: | 1898 |
Coach Team2: | Virginia (assistant) |
Coach Years3: | 1901 |
Coach Team3: | Ohio |
Overall Record: | 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.