Raymond George Dauber (October 24, 1903 – February 7, 1965)[1] was an American football player, track and field athlete, and coach of multiple sports. He served as the head football coach at Western Reserve University—now a part of Case Western Reserve University—for one game in 1930 and at Mississippi State University from 1931 to 1932, compiling a career college football record of 6–11 record. Dauber was also the head basketball coach at Mississippi State from 1927 to 1933 and at Tulane University from 1933 to 1938, tallying a career college basketball mark of 64–114. In addition, he coached track and cross country at Western Reserve in the mid-1920s.
 Dauber pictured in Jambalaya 1935, Tulane yearbook | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 24, 1903 Duluth, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Died | February 7, 1965 (aged 61) Iowa City, Iowa, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1923–1925 | Iowa |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1929–1930 | Mississippi State (assistant) |
| 1930 | Western Reserve |
| 1931–1932 | Mississippi State |
| ?–1935 | Tulane (freshman) |
| 1936–1937 | Tulane (ends) |
| Basketball | |
| 1927–1933 | Mississippi State |
| 1933–1938 | Tulane |
| Track | |
| 1925–1927 | Western Reserve |
| Cross country | |
| 1926–1927 | Western Reserve |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 6–11 (football) 64–114 (basketball) 5–6 (track) |
Coaching career
editDauber served as an assistant football coach at Mississippi State from 1929 to 1930. In 1929, he and head coach John W. Hancock formed one of the youngest coaching staffs in the country.[2] In 1934, he was serving as the freshman team coach at Tulane University.[3] He was promoted to ends coach in 1936.[4] Dauber also coached the Tulane basketball team.[5] He resigned from Tulane in March 1938.[6]
Head coaching record
editFootball
edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western Reserve Red Cats (Ohio Athletic Conference) (1930) | |||||||||
| 1930 | Western Reserve | 1–0[n 1] | 1–0[n 1] | [n 1] | |||||
| Western Reserve: | 1–0 | 1–0 | |||||||
| Mississippi State Aggies/Maroons (Southern Conference) (1931–1932) | |||||||||
| 1931 | Mississippi State | 2–6 | 0–5 | 23rd | |||||
| 1932 | Mississippi State | 3–5 | 0–4 | T–21st | |||||
| Mississippi State: | 5–11 | 0–9 | |||||||
| Total: | 6–11 | ||||||||
Notes
edit- ^ a b c Gordon Locke coached the first three games of the season and Jack C. Davis coached the next four. Dauber coached only the season finale, a 13–6 victory over Case on November 27.[7]
References
edit- ^ "R. G. Dauber Dies at Age 62". Iowa City Press-Citizen. Iowa City, Iowa. February 8, 1965. p. 2. Retrieved September 15, 2018 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ Mississippi Farmers Combine Youth and Tricks for 1929 Season, St. Petersburg Times, September 28, 1929.
- ^ Vandy and Vols Also Make Drive For Title, The Miami News, January 11, 1934.
- ^ Dawson Brings Seidel and Bevan, Herald-Journal, January 30, 1936.
- ^ Panthers Repeat Easy Win Over Tulane Quint, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, January 2, 1936.
- ^ Little Monk To Coach At Tulane Next Year, The Miami News, March 6, 1938.
- ^ "WRU Football 1930/31 Season Record". University Archives. Case Western Reserve University. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
