Ralph Manning "Gus" Brown (August 2, 1885 – March 31, 1927) was an American
college football
College football (french: Football universitaire) refers to gridiron football played by teams of student athletes. It was through college football play that American football rules first gained popularity in the United States.
Unlike most ...
,
college basketball, and
college baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (VPI)—now known as
Virginia Tech—in 1908, and at
Colgate University
Colgate University is a private liberal arts college in Hamilton, New York. The college was founded in 1819 as the Baptist Education Society of the State of New York and operated under that name until 1823, when it was renamed Hamilton Theologi ...
in 1909, compiling career college football coaching record of 10–6–1. Brown also coached the basketball team at Virginia Tech in 1908–09 and the baseball team there in the spring of 1909.
On March 31, 1927, Brown died in hospital after he was struck by an automobile while walking near his home.
[Princeton Alumni Weekly, Volume 27, Number 27, page 822 (April 22, 1927)]
Head coaching record
Football
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1885 births
1927 deaths
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