T. R. Mobley
American coach and athletic director (1892–1964) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Thomas Ray Mobley Sr. (April 20, 1892 – May 13, 1964) was an American college athletic coach and athletic director. He served in a number of head coaching roles at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette–then known as Southwest Louisiana Institute–including head football (1916, 1919, 1921–1930), basketball (1921–1925), and baseball (1922–1927).
Biographical details | |
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Born | (1892-04-20)April 20, 1892 |
Died | May 23, 1954(1954-05-23) (aged 62) Pineville, Louisiana, U.S. |
Playing career | |
Football | |
1913–1914 | LSU |
Position(s) | Guard, center |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1916 | Southwest Louisiana |
1919 | Southwest Louisiana |
1921–1930 | Southwest Louisiana |
Basketball | |
1921–1925 | Southwest Louisiana |
Baseball | |
1922–1927 | Southwest Louisiana |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1926–1930 | Southwest Louisiana |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 56–48–7 (football) |
Mobley played college football at Louisiana State University (LSU), lettering from 1913 to 1914.[1] He served in the United States Army during World War II, attaining the rank of captain. He was an officer in the Reserve Corps of the Army in 1920.[2]
Mobley was the department commander of the American Legion in Louisiana from 1931 to 1932. He died on May 13, 1964, at a hospital in Pineville, Louisiana.[3]