|
John Vaughn Blake
John Vaughn Blake (January 12, 1887 – June 29, 1964; often misspelled as Vaughan) was an American college football player, coach, and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent. Biography Blake was born in 1888 in Cuero, Texas to Daniel Bigelow Blake Sr. and Mary Clara Weldon. Dan Sr. was a physician and once president of the Nashville Academy of Medicine. Blake played football for Dan McGugin's Vanderbilt Commodores football teams with his brothers Dan Blake, Dan and Bob Blake (American football), Bob. Dan, Bob, and Vaughn were captain (sports), captains of the 1906 Vanderbilt Commodores football team, 1906, 1907 Vanderbilt Commodores football team, 1907, and 1908 Vanderbilt Commodores football team, 1908 teams respectively. Blake was an End (gridiron football), end on the football team, selected College Football All-Southern Team, All-Southern in 1908. Blake was the head football coach at Birmingham College in 1910. From 1911 to around 1913, he was the head football coac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cuero, Texas
Cuero ( ) is a city in and the county seat of DeWitt County, Texas, DeWitt County, Texas, United States. Its population was 8,128 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. History The city of Cuero got its start in the mid-19th century as a stopping point on the Chisholm Trail cattle route to Kansas. According to the ''Handbook of Texas Online'', "Gustav Schleicher founded the latter town as a way-station and moved to it soon afterward, in 1872." It was not recognized as a town until 1873, though, when it was officially founded. The city was named for the Spanish word "hide", referring to the leather made from animal hides. The industry was extremely short-lived, however, and gave way to various forms of ranching. The city had several Old West gunfights related to List of feuds in the United States, clan feuding following the American Civil War, Civil War. Cuero's population grew considerably in the 1870s and 1880s, as residents from the coastal town of Indianola, Texas, Indi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |