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Dorsett Vandeventer "Tubby" Graves 1886 - 1960

Dorsett Vandeventer Graves was born on November 27, 1886 in Montgomery County, Missouri United States. Dorsett Graves was married to Medora Clay "Dora" (Taylor) Graves, and died at age 73 years old on January 17, 1960 in Seattle, King County, WA. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Dorsett Vandeventer "Tubby" Graves.

Dorsett Vandeventer Graves

November 27, 1886

Montgomery County, Missouri, United States

January 17, 1960

Seattle, King County, Washington, United States

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Dorsett Vandeventer Graves' History: circa 1886 - circa 1960

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1886

Birthday

November 27, 1886

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Montgomery County, Missouri United States

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Ethnicity & Family History

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Professional Career

He was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach and a player of football and baseball in the United States. He served as the head football coach at the University of Alabama (1911–1914), Texas A&M University (1918), and the Agricultural College of the State of Montana, now known as Montana State University – Bozeman (1920–1921), compiling a career record of 32–18–4. Graves also coached basketball at Alabama (1912–1915), Texas A&M (1915–1916), and Montana Agricultural (1920–1922) and baseball at Alabama (1912–1915), Texas A&M (1916–1919), and the University of Washington (1923–1946). In 1912, Graves was the manager of the La Junta Railroaders, a minor league baseball team of the short-lived Rocky Mountain League. Graves played college football at Missouri from 1906 to 1908. He coached at Alabama, Texas A&M, and what is now Montana State. From 1911 to 1914, he led the Alabama program to a 21–12–3 record. In 1918, he coached at Texas A&M, where he compiled a 6–1 record. From 1920 to 1921, he was at Montana State, where he compiled a 5–5–1 record. While head coach of the baseball team at Washington, Graves also served as an assistant coach in football. Graves coached Alabama from 1913 to 1915 where he compiled a record of 20–12 (.625). At Washington, he was an assistant coach for 24 seasons under head coach Hec Edmundson. Graves was the head coach at Alabama, Texas A&M, and Washington, where he led the Huskies for 24 seasons (1923–1946). The UW athletic office building and the former baseball field (through 1997) were named for Graves; he was posthumously inducted into the Big W Club, the UW athletics hall of fame, in 1980.
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1960

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January 17, 1960

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Seattle, King County, Washington United States
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Dorsett Vandeventer "Tubby" Graves lived 1 year longer than the average family member when died at the age of 73.

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In 1886, in the year that Dorsett Vandeventer "Tubby" Graves was born, on February 14th, the first train left Los Angeles for the East -by the way of the transcontinental railroad - with a cargo of oranges. Due to irrigation and the import of water, Los Angeles was the ideal place to grow oranges - which became a popular addition to Christmas stockings.

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In 1905, he was 19 years old when the first movie theater opened in the United States in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was the first theater to show nothing but movies - silent films. Two men, John P. Harris and his brother-in-law Harry Davis, opened the Nickelodeon on Smithfield Street - charging 5 cents for admission. The first day, 450 people watched movies at the new theater - on the second day, more than 1500 people stood in line to get in.

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Dorsett Vandeventer "Tubby" Graves Nov 27, 1886 - Jan 17, 1960

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Medora Clay "Dora" (Taylor) Graves