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Virginius Dabney (American football)

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Sport(s)
  
Football

Position(s)
  
Halfback

Overall
  
1–4–2

1896–1900
  
Virginia

1902
  
Tulane

Name
  
Virginius Dabney


Born
  
February 2, 1878 Charlottesville, Virginia (
1878-02-02
)

Died
  
January 17, 1942(1942-01-17) (aged 63) Washington, D.C.

Virginius Dabney (February 2, 1878 – January 17, 1942) was an American college football player and coach. He served as the head coach at Tulane University in 1902.

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Playing career

Dabney attended the University of Virginia, where he played on the football team as a prominent halfback from 1896 to 1900. He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon.

1900

Dabney was selected All-Southern by Caspar Whitney in Outing. Virginia had a claim to a Southern championship. The Cavaliers defeated Sewanee 17 to 5 to give the school its first loss since 1897. Dabney ran for two touchdowns that game. An account of one of those reads "Dabney ran twenty yards for a touchdown, the gain being largely due to the splendid interference led by Walker and Haskel.

1902

In 1902, he was the head coach of the football team at Tulane University. The Olive and Blue amassed a 1–4–2 record that season.

Later life

Dabney was later an otolaryngologist. He died in 1942.

References

Virginius Dabney (American football) Wikipedia