Description: You can find newer autographs, but I bet you can't find any others this old and with this combination of signatures !! A little history courtesy of The University of Mississippi. - Johnny Vaught Born May 6, 1909 Olney, Texas, graduate Polytechnic High School Fort Worth, football collegian at Texas Christian University in 1930-32. All-America guard 1932, captain Southwest Conference championship team .Vaught served as a line coach at North Carolina with Ray "Bear" Wolf from 1936-41. As a Lt. Commander in the Naval Preflight program during World War II, he was stationed at North Carolina in 1942 and Corpus NAS in 1945, serving at those stations as line coach in football."With the death of John Vaught we lose an epic figure of Twentieth Century college football," said Ole Miss Chancellor Robert Khayat, who played for Vaught. " one of the great coaches in American football history. . . "Vaught's teams won six Southeastern Conference championships from 1947-70 . selected SEC Coach of the Year six times by the Associated Press, twice by United Press International, twice by the Nashville Banner, and twice by the SEC Coaches. In 1993, he was chosen by Ole Miss fans as the "Coach of the Century" (1893-1993) when the University of Mississippi celebrated the school's first 100 years of football.Vaught's 1959 Team finished 10-1 gave up only three touchdowns all year, emerged with SEC Team of the Decade (1950-59) accolades. That squad was also selected by the Sagarin Ratings as the third highest rated college football team from 1956 to 1995. He developed 18 first team All-American players and countless players who gained All-Southeastern and All-South recognition. Vaught owned the 2nd best record in college football from 1946 to 1970, going to more Sugar Bowls than any other school, going to a then record 15 bowl games in a row.THE PROGRAM IS ALSO SIGNED BY ARTHUR GODFREY !Autograph - Arthur Godfrey - Arthur Morton Godfrey born August 31,1903, American broadcaster and entertainer.Served in the United States Navy from 1920 - 1924 as radio operator, serving on naval destroyers.served in The Coast Guard from 1927 -1930. Commision in the U.S. Naval Reserves during World War Two WWII..Colonel in the US Air Force Reserve .expert pilot who flew his own fully-equipped DC-3 airliner to his Virginia farm on weekends, advocate for commercial airline travel. He also was know for flying a Navion. a smaller single-engined airplane..Arthur Godfrey must have provided some entertainment at this event. maybe Arthur played some Tiki Hawaiian Music on his ukulele .PROGRAM ALSO SIGNED BY : autographs.Mrs. O. E. Michie ,Miss Marsha Hood ANDMr. P.H. Quinlan.Program lists - Dean Robert B. House presiding, Frank P. Graham as toastmaster, Chaplain C.A. Neyman. J.Melville Broughton -Governor of North Carolina. Josephus Daniels. Capt. O.B. Hardison -Bureau of Aeronautics, Navy Department.Lt.Comdr. Thomas J. Hamilton Navy dept. Commander O.O. Kessing Commanding officer Naval Aviation at the University of North Carolina Menu, seating order at speakers table, alphabetical seating order of all dinner guests.( others in attendance included: John Abrams, Mr and Mrs John V Alcott, Roy Armstrong,Gov. J. Melville Broughton., Lt Clark Edward Brown,Mr. and Mrs O.K. Cornwell, Miss Annie Moore Cherry,F.F. Bradshaw, Andrew Biemiller, Mr and Mrs. R.M. Grumman, Miss Katherine Lackey, Clarence Poe, Leigh Skinner, Lt richard Robinson,Charles A. Fink, Lt. Frank L. Gillespie, John Foushee,Lt Comdr. Jesse G. Wright, Vincent Carr Tompkins,Lt Ray Wolf, Irving Tutt, Frank Wickhorst, Hermann Schnell,Carson Ryan, Paul Robertson, and many more.Back cover address by Frank P. Graham - The tar Hells of North Carolina proudly salute the Tartars of the Navy.Program is in very nice condtion, some yellowing spots. ,has fold down center. light spotting back cover. Autographed program is on right in photograph, unautographed program in photograph not included. Add a map to your own listings. FREE Trial!
Price: 199.99 USD
Location: Nellysford, Virginia
End Time: 2023-11-05T15:22:37.000Z
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