Ernest Graves, Sr.

Ernest Graves
Sport(s) Football, baseball
Biographical details
Born (1880-03-27)March 27, 1880
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Died June 9, 1953(1953-06-09) (aged 73)
Washington, D.C.
Playing career
Football
1897–1900 North Carolina
1901–1904 Army
Baseball
c. 1904 Army
Position(s) Fullback (football)
Catcher (baseball)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1906 Army
1908 Harvard (line)
1912 Army
Baseball
1901 North Carolina
Head coaching record
Overall 7–8–1 (football)
11–4–2 (baseball)

Ernest "Pot" Graves (March 27, 1880 – June 9, 1953) was an American football and baseball player, coach, and United States Army officer. He served as the head football coach at the United States Military Academy in 1906 and 1912. Graves retired from the Army with the rank of brigadier general.

Biography

Graves was born and raised in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He attended the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, graduating second in his class in 1905. He served with the 3rd Engineers at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and subsequently served in the Philippines from 1909 to 1910. He later served in Mexico with General John J. Pershing, commanding the engineering company that built roads to allow supplies to be provided to the Army. He also served with Pershing in France during World War I. During World War I, he was placed in charge of the Intermediate Section and was responsible for building warehouses used to supply the Army in France. He was retired from the Army in 1921 due to deafness.[1]

Family and death

After leaving the military, Graves married Lucie Gunn Birnie in 1923.[1] Graves' son, Ernest Graves, Jr., became a lieutenant general in the Army. Graves died at the age of 73 on June 9, 1953 at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, D.C.[2]

Head coaching record

Football

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Army Cadets (Independent) (1906)
1906 Army 2–5–1[n 1]
Army Cadets (Independent) (1912)
1912 Army 5–3
Army: 7–8–1
Total: 7–8–1

Notes

  1. Graves took over as head coach after Henry Smither was relieved from duty following a 12–0 victory over Tufts in the season opener.[3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Engineer Memoirs: Lieutenant General Ernest Graves" (PDF). U.S. Army.
  2. AP (June 12, 1953). "BRIG. GEN. GRAVES, 73, OF RIVER COMMISSION". The New York Times. Retrieved July 12, 2011.
  3. "2011 Army Football Media Guide" (PDF). CBS Interactive. August 4, 2011. p. 186. Retrieved August 10, 2011.

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