Tuss McLaughry, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Tuss McLaughry

American football player and coach, basketball coach

Date of Birth: 19-May-1893

Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Date of Death: 26-Nov-1974

Profession: basketball coach

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Tuss McLaughry

  • DeOrmond "Tuss" McLaughry (May 19, 1893 – November 26, 1974) was an American football player and coach.
  • He served as the head football coach at Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania (1915–1916, 1918, 1921), Amherst College (1922–1925), Brown University (1926–1940), and Dartmouth College (1941–1942, 1945–1954), compiling a career college football record of 143–149–13.
  • McLaughry was also the head basketball coach at Brown from 1926 to 1929, tallying a mark of 17–32.
  • He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as coach in 1962.
  • Of all coaches inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame, McLaughry is the only one with a winning percentage under .500.
  • He died on November 26, 1974, at his home in Norwich, Vermont.

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