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| Biographical details | |
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| Born | (1887-01-12)January 12, 1887 Cuero, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | June 29, 1964(1964-06-29) (aged 77) Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1905–1908 | Vanderbilt |
| Position(s) | End |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1910 | Birmingham |
| 1911 | Trenton HS (TN) |
| c. 1913 | Bowen School (TN) |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1910–1911 | Birmingham |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 2–3 (college) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
| All-Southern (1908) | |
John Vaughn Blake (January 12, 1887 – June 29, 1964; often misspelled as Vaughan) was an American college football player, coach, and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent.
Biography
Blake was born in 1888 in Cuero, Texas to Daniel Bigelow Blake Sr. and Mary Clara Weldon. Dan Sr. was a physician and once president of the Nashville Academy of Medicine.
Blake played football for Dan McGugin's Vanderbilt Commodores football teams with his brothers Dan and Bob. Dan, Bob, and Vaughn were captains of the 1906, 1907, and 1908 teams respectively. Blake was an end on the football team, selected All-Southern in 1908.
Blake was the head football coach at Birmingham College in 1910. From 1911 to around 1913, he was the head football coach for Trenton High School and the Bowen School. After his coaching career, he spent time refereeing football games in Tennessee.
Blake was later a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent assigned to FBI offices in Nashville, Tennessee, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and New Orleans. In 1935, he had a role in the search for the FBI's "Public Enemy #1", Alvin Karpis.
Blake committed suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning on June 29, 1964.
Head coaching record
College
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham (Independent) (1910) | |||||||||
| 1910 | Birmingham | 2–3 | |||||||
| Birmingham: | 2–3 | ||||||||
| Total: | 2–3 | ||||||||
References
- Charles Wells Moulton (1906). "Blake, Daniel Bigelow". The Doctor's Who's Who. 12. The Saalfield Publishing Co.
- Spalding's Football Guide. Shawnee Mission, Kansas, NCAA Publishing Service. 1909. p. 75.
- "Vaughan Blake". Birmingham Post-Herald. September 9, 1910. p. 10. Retrieved January 16, 2025.
- "Birmingham Wins By Field Goal". The Commercial Appeal. October 8, 1910. p. 11. Retrieved January 16, 2025.
- Rall, Spick (October 4, 1911). "Football Arena". The Tennessean. p. 8. Retrieved January 18, 2025.
- "Untitled". Nashville Banner. November 8, 1913. p. 22. Retrieved January 18, 2025.
- Dougherty, Henry F. (December 1, 1916). "Tenn. Held To Tie by Ky. State". The Atlanta Journal. p. 18. Retrieved January 18, 2025.
- ^ "VU Grid Great Found Dead". The Tennessean. June 30, 1964. p. 25. Retrieved January 16, 2025.
- "Memorandum from E.A. Tamm to J. Edgar Hoover". Federal Bureau of Investigation. November 23, 1935. p. 18 (FOIA file on Barker/Karpis Gang Bremer Kidnapping).
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- 1887 births
- 1964 deaths
- American football ends
- Birmingham–Southern Panthers athletic directors
- Birmingham–Southern Panthers football coaches
- Vanderbilt Commodores football players
- All-Southern college football players
- Federal Bureau of Investigation agents
- High school football coaches in Tennessee
- Coaches of American football from Texas
- Players of American football from Texas
- Suicides by carbon monoxide poisoning