Eliot Graves Explained

Eliot Graves
Birth Date:24 September 1882
Birth Place:Bennington, Vermont, U.S.
Death Date:1967
Player Sport1:Football
Player Years2:1903
Player Team2:Nebraska
Player Positions:Halfback
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1906–1908
Coach Team2:Lawrence
Coach Sport3:Basketball
Coach Years4:1907–1909
Coach Team4:Lawrence
Overall Record:11–10 (football)
13–6 (basketball)

Eliot Varnum Graves (September 24, 1882 – 1967) was an American football player and coach of football and basketball. He served as the head football coach at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin from 1906 to 1908, compiling a record of 11–10. Graves was also the head basketball coach at Lawrence from 1907 to 1909, tallying a mark of 13–6.[1] Graves played football at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in 1903.[2] He was the son of Episcopalian bishop Anson Rogers Graves.[3]

Head coaching record

Football

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Men's Basketball Records. Lawrence University. December 30, 2018. March 6, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190306044318/http://vikings.lawrence.edu/sports/mbkb/archive/records.pdf. dead.
  2. Web site: Letterwinners. Nebraska Cornhuskers. December 30, 2018.
  3. Book: Compendium of History, Reminiscence and Biography of Western Nebraska. Alden Publishing Company. December 30, 2018.