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Louis Vail

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Louis Vail
Biographical details
Born(1870-09-18)September 18, 1870
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedDecember 16, 1948(1948-12-16) (aged 78)
Alma materPenn Law School
Playing career
Football
1889–1893Penn
1895Duquesne Country & Athletic Club
Baseball
1891–1892Penn
Position(s)Quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1894Illinois
1895Case
1895Duquesne Country & Athletic Club
Head coaching record
Overall4–5 (college)

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

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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] Later that year, he served as player-coach of the Duquesne Country and Athletic Club football team.[7]

Head coaching record

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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

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  1. ^ "The First GA/PC Day Meeting | Private School Football".
  2. ^ "Robert-S-Vail-iii - User Trees - Genealogy.com". www.genealogy.com. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
  3. ^ "Penn Football: 1893 Team".
  4. ^ "1892 Varsity Baseball Team".
  5. ^ "Louis D. Vail Records by Year". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on February 15, 2010. Retrieved June 13, 2010.
  6. ^ "A Gridiron War. Struggle Among Football Teams of Cleveland Schools". Plain Dealer. Cleveland, Ohio. October 26, 1895. p. 3.
  7. ^ PFRA Research. "Ten Dollars and Cakes: The "Not Quite" First Pro: 1895" (PDF). Professional Football Researchers Association. Retrieved February 4, 2024.