John Vaughn Blake (1888 – June 29, 1964) was an American
college football
College football (french: Football universitaire) refers to gridiron football played by teams of student athletes. It was through college football play that American football rules first gained popularity in the United States.
Unlike most ...
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
1906
Events
January–February
* January 12 – Persian Constitutional Revolution: A nationalistic coalition of merchants, religious leaders and intellectuals in Persia forces the shah Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar to grant a constitution, ...
,
1907
Events
January
* January 14 – 1907 Kingston earthquake: A 6.5 Mw earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica, kills between 800 and 1,000.
February
* February 11 – The French warship ''Jean Bart'' sinks off the coast of Morocco. ...
, and
1908
Events
January
* January 1 – The British ''Nimrod'' Expedition led by Ernest Shackleton sets sail from New Zealand on the ''Nimrod'' for Antarctica.
* January 3 – A total solar eclipse is visible in the Pacific Ocean, and is the 46 ...
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
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