Preston Vaughn Overall

Preston Vaughn Overall
Sport(s) Football, basketball, baseball
Biographical details
Born (1897-06-05)June 5, 1897
Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Died January 1, 1974(1974-01-01) (aged 76)
Playing career
Football
1917 Middle Tennessee State
1921 Vanderbilt
Position(s) Guard, tackle
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1923–1946 Tennessee Tech
1952–1953 Tennessee Tech
Basketball
1924–1947 Tennessee Tech
Head coaching record
Overall Football: 96–98–18 (.495)
Basketball: 170–151–1 (.530)
Bowls 0–1

Statistics

Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football
1 SIAA (as player) (1921)
2 OVC (1952–1953)

Preston Vaughn "Putty" Overall (June 5, 1897 – January 1, 1974) was an American football player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball. He served as the head coach of football, baseball, and basketball at Tennessee Polytechnic Institute, now known as Tennessee Technological University. He came out of retirement in 1952 and coached Tech's football team, posting a 9–2 record. Overall played football at Middle Tennessee State, where he was captain of the 1917 team, as well as one year with Dan McGugin's Vanderbilt Commodores, in 1921. The First Fifty Years: A History of Middle Tennessee State College tells us "During his Murfreesboro days, "Putty Overall" was a hulking giant of two hundred and seventy-five pounds who required custom-made uniforms."[1] He was honored in 1961 as a distinguished alumnus of Middle Tennessee State University.[1] In 1966 he was inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Homer Pittard. The First Fifty Years: A History of Middle Tennessee State College. pp. 73, 219.
  2. ↑ "Preston Vaughn "Putty" Overall".

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