Arthur Graves Sampson (October 24, 1898 – March 29, 1984) was an American football coach and sportswriter who was the head football coach at

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from 1926 to 1929.

Early life

Sampson was born and raised in

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. He attended Tufts College and was manager of the school's football team for three years.

Coaching

Sampson coached football, basketball, and track at Medford High School. In 1926 he became Tufts' head football coach. His 1927 team finished the season undefeated and outscored their opponents 218 to 19. He finished at Tufts with a career record of 22–7–1. After leaving Tufts, Sampson spent one season as an assistant under

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at Columbia and two seasons under

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Journalism

After the 1932 season, Sampson joined the staff of the ''

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'' as a sportswriter. He also authored several books, including ''Lou Little's Football'' and ''Ted Williams: A Biography of The Kid'' and wrote for national magazines. He retired from the ''Herald'' in 1965.

Publicity work

In 1942, Sampson became the sports publicity director at Harvard. In 1943 he began publicizing

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athletics as well. In 1944 he became the publicity director of the

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of the

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. He also served as the team's general manager.

References

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