Peyton Evans
American football player and coach (1892–1972)
Biographical details | |
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Born | (1892-10-18)October 18, 1892 Amherst, Virginia, U.S. |
Died | February 24, 1972(1972-02-24) (aged 79) |
Alma mater | VPI |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1916 | Virginia |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 4–5 |
Peyton Randolph Evans (October 18, 1892 – February 24, 1972) was an American football player and coach. He was the head football coach at the University of Virginia in 1916. Evans attended Virginia Polytechnic Institute, where he played football.[1]
Evanslater worked as a lawyer in Prince George, Virginia and served as a counsel and executive secretary of the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association.[2] He died in 1972.[3]
Head coaching record
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Virginia Virginia Orange and Blue (South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1916) | |||||||||
1916 | Virginia | 4–5 | 3–1 | T–5th | |||||
Virginia: | 4–5 | 3–1 | |||||||
Total: | 4–5 |
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