Theron J. Fouts Explained

Theron J. Fouts
Birth Date:5 July 1893
Birth Place:Gonzales, Texas, U.S.
Death Place:Denton, Texas, U.S.
Player Years1:1914–1917
Player Team1:Baylor
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1920–1924
Coach Team2:North Texas State Normal/Teachers
Coach Sport3:Basketball
Coach Years4:1920–1921
Coach Team4:North Texas State Normal
Coach Sport5:Baseball
Coach Years6:1920
Coach Team6:North Texas State Normal
Admin Years1:1948–1954
Admin Team1:North Texas State
Overall Record:23–14–2 (football)
5–3 (basketball)
4–2 (baseball)

Theron Judson Fouts Sr. (July 5, 1893[1] – April 28, 1954) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as head football coach at North Texas State Normal College - renamed as North Texas State Teachers' College in 1923, and now known as the University of North Texas - from 1920 to 1924. Fouts amassed a 23–14–2 record. He also started the school's track and field program and initiated the drive to build the 20,000-seat Eagle Stadium on campus. The venue was named Fouts Field in his honor.

Born in Gonzales, Texas,[1] Fouts was a football player at Baylor University, where he lettered for four years (1914–1917). He died of a heart attack on April 28, 1954, in Denton, Texas.[2] Fouts was married to Leslie Vann Sams Fouts and had two daughters and a son: Mary Lee Fouts (born October 20, 1920, in Crockett, TX), Dorthy Nell Fouts Crockett (born November 7, 1924, in Denton), and Theron Judson Fouts Jr. (born March 3, 1926, in Denton).

Head coaching record

Football

Notes and References

  1. WWI Draft Registration Card, National Archives
  2. News: Theron J. Fouts . . . April 29, 1954 . February 19, 2011.