Garland Augustus "Gus" Morrow (February 14, 1899 – November 4, 1987) was an American

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and

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player and coach.

Vanderbilt

"Gus" played both sports for

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, including

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under

Dan McGugin Daniel Earle McGugin (July 29, 1879 – January 23, 1936) was an American football player and coach, as well as a lawyer. He served as the head football coach at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee from 1904 to 1917 and again from ...

. He was also on the track team. Morrow played

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at Vanderbilt under later

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coach

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Football

1922

Morrow was a starter for the scoreless tie with

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at the inauguration at

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."Powerful Wolverine Eleven Held To Scoreless Tie By Commodores."
Augusta Chronicle 1922 Oct. 15 "Thousands of cheering Vanderbilt fans inspired the surge of center Alf Sharp, guard Gus Morrow, tackle

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, and end

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, who stopped Michigan cold in four attempts." As a player Morrow weighed 175 pounds.

Basketball

1922-23

The 1922-23 team went 16–8, beating the

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but losing to the

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in the SIAA tournament. An account of the LSU game reads: "Either Vanderbilt was in rare form or L.S.U. has a good fighting team with no shooting ability. Fans were treated to the most one-sided contest of opening day when these two clubs met, the Commodores scoring 13 points before the Louisianans had counted once, winning 36 to 10." Morrow scored 4 points.

Coaching

He was then an assistant for McGugin from 1927 to 1932. Morrow served as the head basketball coach at Vanderbilt from 1929 until 1931. He again coached the Vanderbilt basketball team from 1944 to 1946.

Cumberland

Morrow was hired at

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as a coach in 1932, and was elected to the Cumberland Sports Hall of Fame in 1978.

Cincinnati

He was freshman coach for the

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under

Russ Cohen Henry Russell Cohen (February 13, 1893 – April 7, 1981) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Louisiana State University (LSU) from 1928 to 1931 and at the University ...

Head coaching record

Basketball

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