Johnny Floyd, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Johnny Floyd

American football and basketball player and coach, college athletics administrator

Date of Birth: 14-Jul-1891

Place of Birth: Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States

Date of Death: 20-Jul-1965

Profession: association football player, basketball player, basketball coach, American football player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

John Cullom "Red" Floyd (July 14, 1891 – July 20, 1965) was an American football and basketball player and coach.
He played football at Vanderbilt University with such greats as Irby "Rabbit" Curry and Josh Cody, captaining the 1920 Vanderbilt Commodores football team.
He served as the head football coach at Middle Tennessee State University (1917, 1935–1938), Auburn University (1929), and The Citadel in South Carolina (1930–1931), compiling a career college football record of 39–21–4.
Floyd was also the head basketball coach at Vanderbilt University from 1927 to 1929 and at Middle Tennessee from 1935 to 1939, tallying a career college basketball mark of 22–53.