 Brown pictured in Bugle 1909, VPI yearbook | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 2, 1885 Elizabeth, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Died | March 31, 1927 (aged 41) Elizabeth, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1907 | Princeton |
| Position(s) | End |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1908 | VPI |
| 1909 | Colgate |
| Basketball | |
| 1908–1909 | VPI |
| Baseball | |
| 1909 | VPI |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1908 | VPI |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 10–6–1 (football) 4–2 (basketball) 11–6 (baseball) |
Ralph Manning "Gus" Brown (August 2, 1885 – March 31, 1927) was an American college football, 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 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.[1]
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Head coaching record
Football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VPI (South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1908) | |||||||||
| 1908 | VPI | 5–4 | 1–2 | T–5th | |||||
| VPI: | 5–4 | 1–2 | |||||||
| Colgate (Independent) (1909) | |||||||||
| 1909 | Colgate | 5–2–1 | |||||||
| Colgate: | 5–2–1 | ||||||||
| Total: | 10–6–1 | ||||||||
References
- ^ Princeton Alumni Weekly, Volume 27, Number 27, page 822 (April 22, 1927)
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