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]