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Robert E. "Pete" Vaughan (December 29, 1888 – February 18, 1969) was an American football player, coach of football and basketball, and college athletics administrator. He served was head football coach at Wabash College for 27 seasons, from 1919 to 1945, compiling a record of 118–85–24.
Biographical details | |
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Born | December 29, 1888 |
Died | February 18, 1969 80)[1] Crawfordsville, Indiana, U.S. | (aged
Playing career | |
Football | |
1908–1909 | Notre Dame |
1911–1912 | Princeton |
Position(s) | Fullback |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1919–1945 | Wabash |
Basketball | |
1912–1916 | Purdue |
1919–1940 | Wabash |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1919–1947 | Wabash |
1961–1963 | Wabash |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 118–85–24 (football) 216–207 (basketball) |
In 1922, he also coached Wabash to the championship of the first national intercollegiate basketball tournament ever held. Prior to coaching Wabash, he spent four seasons (1912–1916) coaching the Purdue Boilermakers basketball team, leading them to a record of 21–32.
Vaughan attended Crawfordsville High School and the University of Notre Dame. He played college football alongside Knute Rockne, who became the head coach of the Fighting Irish.[2]
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Wabash Little Giants (Independent) (1919–1924) | |||||||||
1919 | Wabash | 4–3–2 | |||||||
1920 | Wabash | 3–4 | |||||||
1921 | Wabash | 7–2 | |||||||
1922 | Wabash | 7–3 | |||||||
1923 | Wabash | 4–3–2 | |||||||
1924 | Wabash | 5–4 | |||||||
Wabash Little Giants (Indiana Intercollegiate Conference) (1925–1945) | |||||||||
1925 | Wabash | 5–3–1 | |||||||
1926 | Wabash | 5–4 | |||||||
1927 | Wabash | 7–2 | |||||||
1928 | Wabash | 4–4–1 | |||||||
1929 | Wabash | 4–5 | |||||||
1930 | Wabash | 3–6 | |||||||
1931 | Wabash | 3–5–1 | |||||||
1932 | Wabash | 4–2–2 | |||||||
1933 | Wabash | 4–2–1 | 4–2–1 | 5th | |||||
1934 | Wabash | 4–2–2 | 4–1–2 | T–3rd | |||||
1935 | Wabash | 6–1–1 | 6–1–1 | 3rd | |||||
1936 | Wabash | 7–1 | 6–1 | 3rd | |||||
1937 | Wabash | 3–3–2 | 3–2–2 | 8th | |||||
1938 | Wabash | 1–6–1 | 1–5–1 | T–12th | |||||
1939 | Wabash | 3–5–1 | 2–3–1 | 9th | |||||
1940 | Wabash | 4–4–1 | 4–2 | T–6th | |||||
1941 | Wabash | 5–3–1 | 4–2 | T–3rd | |||||
1942 | Wabash | 4–2–1 | 4–1 | T–3rd | |||||
1943 | Wabash | 4–2–2 | |||||||
1944 | Wabash | 6–1–1 | |||||||
1945 | Wabash | 2–3–1 | 1–1–1 | T–5th | |||||
Wabash: | 118–85–24 | ||||||||
Total: | 118–85–24 |
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | |||||
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Purdue Boilermakers (Big Ten) (1912–1916) | ||||||||||
1912–13 | Purdue | 7–5 | 6–5 | 3rd | ||||||
1913–14 | Purdue | 5–9 | 3–9 | 7th | ||||||
1914–15 | Purdue | 5–8 | 4–8 | 6th | ||||||
1915–16 | Purdue | 4–10 | 2–10 | 9th | ||||||
Purdue: | 21–32 (.396) | 15–32 (.319) | ||||||||
Wabash Little Giants (Independent) (1919–1940) | ||||||||||
1919–20 | Wabash | 13–8 | ||||||||
1920–21 | Wabash | 21–4 | ||||||||
1921–22 | Wabash | 21–3 | National Intercollegiate Champions | |||||||
1922–23 | Wabash | 17–10 | ||||||||
1923–24 | Wabash | 4–8 | ||||||||
1924–25 | Wabash | 18–1 | ||||||||
1925–26 | Wabash | 4–12 | ||||||||
1926–27 | Wabash | 13–8 | ||||||||
1927–28 | Wabash | 1–12 | ||||||||
1928–29 | Wabash | 5–8 | ||||||||
1929–30 | Wabash | 8–7 | ||||||||
1930–31 | Wabash | 5–12 | ||||||||
1931–32 | Wabash | 4–12 | ||||||||
1932–33 | Wabash | 5–11 | ||||||||
1933–34 | Wabash | 9–7 | ||||||||
1934–35 | Wabash | 10–7 | ||||||||
1935–36 | Wabash | 8–7 | ||||||||
1936–37 | Wabash | 4–10 | ||||||||
1937–38 | Wabash | 7–6 | ||||||||
1938–39 | Wabash | 8–9 | ||||||||
1939–40 | Wabash | 9–13 | ||||||||
Wabash: | 194–175 (.526) | |||||||||
Total: | 215–207 (.509) | 15–32 (.319) | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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