Preston Vaughn "Putty" Overall (June 5, 1897 – January 1, 1974) was an

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player and coach of football,

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, and

baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding ...

. He served as the head coach of football, baseball, and basketball at Tennessee Polytechnic Institute, now known as

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. He came out of retirement in 1952 and coached Tech's football team, posting a 9–1 regular season record plus an invitation to the

1953 Tangerine Bowl The 1953 Tangerine Bowl was an American college football bowl game played following the 1952 season, on January 1, 1953, at the Tangerine Bowl stadium in Orlando, Florida. The game featured the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles and the East Texas S ...

. Overall played football at

Middle Tennessee State Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU or MT) is a public university in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Founded in 1911 as a normal school, the university consists of eight undergraduate colleges as well as a college of graduate studies, together off ...

, where he was captain of the 1917 team, as well as one year with

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, in

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. ''The First Fifty Years: A History of Middle Tennessee State College'' tells us "During his

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days, "Putty Overall" was a hulking giant of two hundred and seventy-five pounds who required custom-made uniforms." He was honored in 1961 as a distinguished alumnus of

Middle Tennessee State University Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU or MT) is a public university in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Founded in 1911 as a normal school, the university consists of eight Undergraduate education, undergraduate colleges as well as a college of Postgr ...

. In 1966, he was inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame. Overall died on January 1, 1974, at a hospital in

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Head coaching record

Football

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