Robert E. Vaughan

Robert E. Vaughan
Biographical details
Sport(s)	Football, basketball
Born	(1888-12-29)December 29, 1888
Died	February 18, 1969(1969-02-18) (aged 80)^[1] Crawfordsville, Indiana
Playing career
Football
1908–1909 1911-1912	Notre Dame Princeton
Position(s)	Fullback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1919–1945	Wabash
Basketball
1912–1916 1919–1940	Purdue Wabash
Head coaching record
Overall	115–85–24 (football) 216–207 (basketball)
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse

Robert E. "Pete" Vaughan (December 29, 1888 – February 18, 1969) was an American football player and coach of football and basketball. He served was head football coach at Wabash College for 27 seasons, from 1919 until 1945. His career coaching record at Wabash was 115 wins, 85 losses, and 24 ties. This ranks him first at Wabash in total wins and 15th at Wabash in winning percentage (.567)^[2]

In 1922, he also coached Wabash to the championship of the first national intercollegiate basketball tournament ever held. Prior to coaching Wabash, he spent 4 seasons (1912-1916) coaching the Purdue Boilermakers, leading them to a record of 21-32.

Vaughan attended Crawfordsville High School and the University of Notre Dame. He played college football alongside Knute Rockne, who became the head coach of the Fighting Irish.^[3]

References

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↑ Wabash College coaching records
↑ Little Giants, Dear Old Wabash, Wabash College, December 19, 2008.

External links

Robert E. Vaughan at the College Football Data Warehouse

Wabash Little Giants head football coaches

Edwin R. Taber (1884)
No team (1885)
Evans Woollen (1886)
William Martin (1887)
No team (1888)
C. Sherman King (1889)
Robert A. King (1890)
Mason B. Thomas (1891)
William C. Malley (1892)
Elmer Horton (1893)
A. Vernon Randall (1894)
Franklin D. Arms (1895)
Frank M. Gould (1896)
No team (1897)
James B. Modesitt (1898–1899)
Anthony Chez (1900)
Frederick Feil (1901)
Eben Wilson (1902–1903)
Francis M. Cayou (1904–1907)
Ralph Jones (1908)
Jesse Harper (1909–1912)
Clarence H. Thurber (1913–1914)
Paul Sheeks (1915–1916)
J. Russell Townsend (1917–1918)
Robert E. Vaughan (1919–1945)
Glen Harmeson (1946–1950)
Garland Frazier (1951–1960)
Kenneth W. Keuffel (1961–1966)
Max Urick (1967–1970)
Dick Bowman (1971–1973)
Frank Navarro (1974–1977)
Stan Parrish (1978–1982)
Greg Carlson (1983–2000)
Chris Creighton (2001–2007)
Erik Raeburn (2008– )

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