Louis Vail
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 18, 1870 Germantown, Philadelphia, PA |
| Died | December 16, 1948 (aged 78) |
| Alma mater | Penn Law School |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1889–1893 | Penn |
| Baseball | |
| 1891–1892 | Penn |
| Position(s) | Quarterback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1894 | Illinois |
| 1895 | Case |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 4–5 |
Louis De Pui "Bucker" Vail (September 18, 1870 – December 16, 1948) was an American football player and coach. Vail played football and graduated from Germantown Academy.[1] He attended the University of Pennsylvania, receiving both his A.B. and his LL.B.[2] He was a member of Delta Phi Fraternity. Vail played football at Penn as a quarterback from 1889 to 1893.[3] Vail also played baseball at Penn in 1891 and 1892.[4]
Coaching career[]
Vail served as the fourth head football coach at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, coaching for one season in 1894 and compiling a record of 4–4.[5] Vail coached at Case School of Applied Science for one game in 1895 before the season was cancelled.[6]
Head coaching record[]
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois Fighting Illini (Independent) (1894) | |||||||||
| 1894 | Illinois | 4–4 | |||||||
| Illinois: | 4–4 | ||||||||
| Case (Independent) (1895) | |||||||||
| 1895 | Case | 0–1 | |||||||
| Case: | 0–1 | ||||||||
| Total: | 4–5 | ||||||||
References[]
- ^ https://www.germantownacademy.net/athletics/gapcday/the-first-ga-pc-day-meeting-on-the-gridiron
- ^ https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/v/a/i/Robert-S-Vail-iii/GENE1-0074.html
- ^ "Penn Football: 1893 Team".
- ^ "1892 Varsity Baseball Team".
- ^ "Louis D. Vail Records by Year". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on February 15, 2010. Retrieved June 13, 2010.
- ^ "A Gridiron War. Struggle Among Football Teams of Cleveland Schools". Plain Dealer. Cleveland, Ohio. October 26, 1895. p. 3.
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