Eugene Davis (doctor)

Dr. Eugene Davis

Dr. Davis pictured on the 1895 Virginia Cavaliers football team photo
Sport(s) Football
Biographical details
Born December 26, 1870
Charlottesville, Virginia[1]
Died January 14, 1946 (aged 75)
New Orleans, Louisiana
Alma mater University of Virginia (1899)[2][3]
Playing career
1895–1898 Virginia
Position(s) Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1900 Virginia Tech
Head coaching record
Overall 3–3–1

Statistics

Eugene Davis[4] (December 26, 1870 – January 14, 1946) was an American doctor and surgeon who was also a former head coach of the Virginia Tech college football program during the 1900 season.[5] Davis's team played only 1 home game that season, beating St. Albans. The rest of the schedule was played away beating North Carolina State 18-2, a scoreless tie against the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, lost to the University of Virginia 5-17, defeated Clemson in Charlotte, North Carolina 5-12, and lost to the biggest rival at the time, Virginia Military Institute, 0-5.[6]

He was born in Charlottesville in 1870 to D. C. T. and Mary Davis.[7] Davis was a member of Phi Delta Theta. Around 1898, Davis was elected president of the general athletic association at the University of Virginia, described in an 1899 publication as "the highest honor within the gift of student body".[8] He married Marguerite Sanders in 1910 in Wytheville.[7] He also served as the first health commissioner of Charleston, West Virginia from 1906 to 1909.[7] After practicing medicine in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and his home state of Virginia, Davis served in World War I as a surgeon and medic. He was honorably discharged.[7]

He moved from Memphis, Tennessee, where he managed a Veterans' Administration hospital,[9] to Fort Lyon Colorado in December 1931.[10] In 1933, Davis was managing a Veterans Administration facility in Fort Lyon, Colorado.[11] He had previously managed a Veterans' Administration hospital, also in Fort Lyons.[12] At the time of the 1940 United States Census, Davis and his family was living in Oak Park, Illinois, working at a "government hospital".[13]

Davis died at a New Orleans hospital in 1946.[14]

Head coaching record

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs Coaches# AP°
1900 Virginia Tech 3–3–1
Total: 3–3–1
†Indicates Bowl Coalition, Bowl Alliance, Bowl Championship Series (BCS) bowl, or College Football Playoff (CFP) game.
#Rankings from final Coaches Poll.

References

  1. ↑ Corks and curls - University of Virginia - Google Books. Books.google.ca. Retrieved 2012-12-04.
  2. ↑ The Scroll of Phi Delta Theta - Google Books. Books.google.ca. Retrieved 2012-12-04.
  3. ↑ Intercollegiate football: a complete pictorial and statistical review from ... - Intercollegiate Football, Inc. (Saint Paul, Minn.). - Google Books. Books.google.ca. Retrieved 2012-12-04.
  4. ↑ "The times. (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, October 07, 1900, Page 2, Image 2 - Chronicling America (The Library of Congress)". Chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. Retrieved 2012-12-04.
  5. ↑ "Dr. Davis Coaching Record". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved 2007-12-06.
  6. ↑ "NCAA Football History". Retrieved 2007-12-06.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Who's who in Government - Google Books. Books.google.ca. Retrieved 2012-12-04.
  8. ↑ The Scroll of Phi Delta Theta - Google Books. Books.google.ca. Retrieved 2012-12-04.
  9. ↑ Modern Hospital - Google Books. Books.google.ca. 2011-05-04. Retrieved 2012-12-04.
  10. ↑ The Medical Bulletin - United States. Veterans Administration - Google Books. Books.google.ca. Retrieved 2012-12-04.
  11. ↑ Virginia - Google Books. Books.google.ca. 2010-01-05. Retrieved 2012-12-04.
  12. ↑ Modern Hospital - Google Books. Books.google.ca. 2011-05-04. Retrieved 2012-12-04.
  13. ↑ "United States Census, 1940". Familysearch.org. Retrieved 2012-12-04.
  14. ↑ "Page 8, Charleston Gazette, Tuesday, January 15, 1946". NewspaperARCHIVE.com. Retrieved 2012-12-04.

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