John Vaughn Blake (1888 – June 29, 1964) was an American

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player and FBI agent. He played football for Dan McGugin's Vanderbilt Commodores football teams with his brothers Dan and Bob. Dan, Bob, and Vaughn were captains of the

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respectively. Vaughn was an end on the football team, selected All-Southern in 1908. He was later an FBI agent involved with the capture of Alvin Karpis.

Early years

Blake was born in 1888 in Texas to Daniel Bigelow Blake, Sr. and Mary Clara Weldon. Dan, Sr. was a physician and once president of the Nashville Academy of Medicine.

References

1888 births 1964 deaths American football ends Vanderbilt Commodores football players Federal Bureau of Investigation agents All-Southern college football players Players of American football from Texas {{collegefootball-player-stub