- Carl M. Voyles
-
Carl M. Voyles Sport(s) Football Biographical details Born August 11, 1898 Place of birth McLoud, Oklahoma Died January 11, 1982 (aged 83) Place of death Fort Myers, Florida Playing career Football
1917, 1919
Basketball
1919–1921
Oklahoma A&M
Oklahoma A&MCoaching career (HC unless noted) 1925–1930
1931–1938
1939–1943
1944–1947
1948
1950–1955Illinois (assistant)
Duke (ends)
William & Mary
Auburn
Brooklyn Dodgers
Hamilton Tiger-CatsAdministrative career (AD unless noted) 1939–1943 William & Mary Head coaching record Overall 44–29–3 (college)
2–12 (AAFC)
48–27–1 (CFL)Statistics College Football Data Warehouse Accomplishments and honors Championships 1 SoCon (1942)
41st Grey Cup (1953)Carl Marvin "Dutch" Voyles (August 11, 1898 – January 11, 1982) was a gridiron football coach and sports executive in the United States and Canada. He served as the head football coach at The College of William & Mary (1939–1943) and Auburn University (1944–1947), compiling a career college football record of 44–29–3. Voyles was the head of the Brooklyn Dodgers of the All-America Football Conference in 1948 and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League from 1950 to 1955.
Contents
Coaching career
William & Mary
From 1939 to 1943, Voyles served as the athletic director and head football coach at William and Mary, where he compiled a 29–7–3 record. The William & Mary football team did not play during the 1943 season due to a lack of players.[1]
Auburn
From 1944 to 1947, Voyles coached at Auburn University (officially the Alabama Polytechnic Institute), where he compiled a 15–22 record.
Brooklyn Dodgers
In 1948, Voyles coached the professional football Brooklyn Dodgers of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) for Branch Rickey.[2] When the team folded in 1949, he was given a position with the Dodgers baseball team.[3]
Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Voyles was the first head coach and general manager of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. In his six seasons in Hamilton, he had a 48–27–1 record and won the 1953 Grey Cup. Voyles retired from football after the 1955 season to work as a sales supervisor for a Florida real estate company owned by Toronto stock broker and former Montreal Alouettes owner, Eric Cradock.[4]
Death
Voyles died on January 11, 1982 in Fort Myers, Florida after a long period of illness.[5]
Head coaching record
College
Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs AP# William & Mary Indians (Southern Conference) (1939–1943) 1939 William & Mary 6–2–1 2–0–1 T–3rd 1940 William & Mary 6–2–1 2–1–1 4th 1941 William & Mary 8–2 4–1 4th 1942 William & Mary 9–1–1 4–0 1st 14 1943 No team—World War II William & Mary: 29–7–3 12–2–2 Auburn Tigers (Southeastern Conference) (1944–1947) 1944 Auburn 4–4 0–4 11th 1945 Auburn 5–5 2–3 T–7th 1946 Auburn 4–6 1–5 10th 1947 Auburn 2–7 1–5 11th Auburn: 15–22 4–17 Total: 44–29–3 National Championship Conference Title Conference Division Title #Rankings from final AP Poll. References
- ^ "W.&M. DROPS FOOTBALL; Schedule Difficulties and Lack of Players Cause of Action". The New York Times. August 26, 1943. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=FB0D17F63A5D167B93C4AB1783D85F478485F9. Retrieved August 15, 2011.
- ^ "Football in a Heat Wave". Time (Time Inc.). September 6, 1948. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,779969,00.html. Retrieved March 23, 2008.
- ^ "Yesterday's Sports In Brief". Gettysburg Times. Feb 24, 1949. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=N0kmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Sv8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=4802,2698554&dq=carl+voyles&hl=en. Retrieved August 15, 2011.
- ^ Vern DeGeer (Dec 2, 1957). "Tip Voyles Next Coach At Regina". The Montreal Gazette. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=s08vAAAAIBAJ&sjid=e6gFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5591,162920&dq. Retrieved March 8, 2010.
- ^ CP (January 13, 1982). "Carl Voyles dead after lengthy illness". Leader-Post. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DJJVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9z8NAAAAIBAJ&pg=3433,2570639. Retrieved August 15, 2011.
External links
Sporting positions Preceded by
Cliff BattlesBrooklyn Dodgers (AAFC) Head Coach
1948Succeeded by
Red StraderWilliam & Mary Indians / Tribe head football coaches No coach (1893) • John W. Wright (1894) • No team (1895) • Bill Armstrong (1896) • W. J. King (1897–1898) • William H. Burke (1899) • W. J. King (1900) • No coach (1901–1902) • H. J. Davall (1903) • J. Merrill Blanchard (1904–1905) • H. W. Withers (1906) • James H. Barry (1907) • George E. O'Hearn (1908–1909) • J. Merrill Blanchard (1910) • William J. Young (1911–1912) • Dexter W. Draper (1913–1915) • Samuel H. Hubbard (1916) • Herbert J. Young (1917) • Vernon Geddy (1918) • James G. Driver (1919–1920) • Bill Fincher (1921) • Bill Ingram (1922) • J. Wilder Tasker (1923–1927) • Branch Bocock (1928–1930) • John Kellison (1931–1934) • Thomas Dowler (1935) • Branch Bocock (1936–1938) • Carl M. Voyles (1939–1942) • No team (1943) • Rube McCray (1944–1950) • Marvin Bass (1951–1952) • Jack Freeman (1953–1956) • Milt Drewer (1957–1963) • Marv Levy (1964–1968) • Lou Holtz (1969–1971) • Jim Root (1972–1979) • Jimmye Laycock (1980– )
Auburn Tigers head football coaches George Petrie (1891–1892) • D. M. Balliet (1892) • G. H. Harvey (1893) • F. M. Hall (1894) • John Heisman (1895–1899) • Billy Watkins (1900–1901) • Robert S. Kent (1902) • M. H. Harvey (1902) • Willis Bates (1903) • Mike Donahue (1904–1906) • Willis Kienholz (1907) • Mike Donahue (1908–1922) • Boozer Pitts (1923–1924) • Dave Morey (1925–1927) • Boozer Pitts (1927) • George Bohler (1928–1929) • Johnny Floyd (1929) • Chet A. Wynne (1930–1933) • Jack Meagher (1934–1942) • No team (1943) • Carl M. Voyles (1944–1947) • Earl Brown (1948–1950) • Ralph Jordan (1951–1975) • Doug Barfield (1976–1980) • Pat Dye (1981–1992) • Terry Bowden (1993–1998) • Bill Oliver # (1998) • Tommy Tuberville (1999–2008) • Gene Chizik (2009– )
Pound sign (#) denotes interim coach.Categories:- Hamilton Tiger-Cats general managers
- 1898 births
- 1982 deaths
- Auburn Tigers football coaches
- Duke Blue Devils football coaches
- Hamilton Tiger-Cats coaches
- Illinois Fighting Illini football coaches
- Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball players
- Oklahoma State Cowboys football players
- People from Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma
- William & Mary Tribe athletic directors
- William & Mary Tribe football coaches
- College football coaches first appointed in the 1930s stubs
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
