Donald Arld Veller (May 20, 1912 – November 10, 2006) was an American football player and coach of football and golf. He served as the head football coach at Hanover College in 1946 and at Florida State University from 1948 to 1952, compiling a career college football record of 35–15–1. Veller died at the age of 94 on November 10, 2006, in Tallahassee, Florida.[1]
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 20, 1912 Indiana, U.S. |
| Died | November 10, 2006 (aged 94) Tallahassee, Florida, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1932–1934 | Indiana |
| Position(s) | Halfback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1935–1941 | Elkhart HS (IN) |
| 1946 | Hanover |
| 1947 | Indiana (assistant) |
| 1948–1952 | Florida State |
| Golf | |
| 1953–1958 | Florida State |
| 1966–1967 | Florida State |
| 1974–1983 | Florida State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 35–15–1 (college football) 53–11–4 (high school football) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 3 Dixie (1948–1950) | |
Head coaching record
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edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hanover Panthers (Indiana Intercollegiate Conference) (1946) | |||||||||
| 1946 | Hanover | 4–3 | 3–2 | 6th | |||||
| Hanover: | 4–3 | 3–2 | |||||||
| Florida State Seminoles (Dixie Conference) (1948–1950) | |||||||||
| 1948 | Florida State | 7–1 | 4–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1949 | Florida State | 9–1 | 4–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1950 | Florida State | 8–0 | 4–0 | 1st | |||||
| Florida State Seminoles (Independent) (1951–1952) | |||||||||
| 1951 | Florida State | 6–2 | |||||||
| 1952 | Florida State | 1–8–1 | |||||||
| Florida State: | 31–12–1 | 14–0 | |||||||
| Total: | 35–15–1 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Ex Florida State football coach Veller dies, to be buried in Vevay". The Madison Courier. Associated Press. November 11, 2006. Retrieved January 30, 2011.
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