Bud McCallum | |
Birth Date: | 19 February 1900 |
Birth Place: | Texas, U.S. |
Death Place: | Travis County, Texas, U.S. |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1916–1920 |
Player Team2: | Texas |
Player Positions: | End |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1923–1928 |
Coach Team2: | Wichita Falls HS (TX) |
Coach Years3: | 1929–1941 |
Coach Team3: | Texas A&I |
Coach Years4: | 1944–1959 |
Coach Team4: | Roy Miller HS (TX) |
Coach Sport5: | Basketball |
Coach Years6: | 1929–1940 |
Coach Team6: | Texas A&I |
Admin Years1: | 1929–1941 |
Admin Team1: | Texas A&I |
Overall Record: | 71–34–9 (college football) 92–119 (college basketball) |
Championships: | Football 1 TIAA (1932) 5 Alamo (1936–1939, 1941) |
Alvaro Yelvington "Bud" McCallum (February 19, 1900 – March 26, 1977) was an American football player, coach of football and basketball, and college athletics administrator.[1] He served as the head football coach at Texas College of Arts and Industries—now known as Texas A&M University–Kingsville–from 1929 to 1941, compiling a record of 71–34–9.[2] McCallum was also the head basketball coach at Texas A&I from 1929 to 1940, tallying a mark of 92–119, and the school's athletic director from 1929 to 1941.[3]
As a college football player, McCallum was an All-Southwest Conference end for the University of Texas–Austin in 1920.[4] He was the son of women's suffrage activist Jane Y. McCallum.