Byrd Douglas
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 28, 1894 Nashville, Tennessee |
| Died | August 11, 1965 (aged 70) Wilson County, Tennessee |
| Alma mater | Princeton University |
| Playing career | |
| Baseball | |
| 1915–1916 | Princeton |
| Position(s) | Catcher |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1922 | Cumberland |
| Baseball | |
| 1920–1921 | Vanderbilt |
| 1928–1930 | Princeton |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1922 | Cumberland |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
| Cumberland Athletics Hall of Fame | |
Byrd Douglas (August 28, 1894 – August 11, 1965) was a college baseball and football coach as well as a judge.[1]
Early years
Byrd Douglas was born on August 28, 1894 in Nashville, Tennessee to William "Byrd" Douglas and Adelaide "Addie" Wharton Gaines. He attended Wallace University School of Nashville, Tennessee and Vanderbilt University. Douglas attended Vanderbilt in 1911 and 1912. He then attended Princeton University and was a star catcher on the baseball team.[2]
Coaching career
Douglas coached the 1921 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) champion Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team.[3] The Vanderbilt yearbook claimed the season's success was "due almost entirely to one man," namely Douglas.[4] Douglas was athletic director and football and baseball coach at Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tennessee the year after. That same year he wrote The Science of Baseball.[5] He was inducted into the Cumberland Athletics Hall of Fame in 1991.[6]
Legal and writing career
Douglas was also a judge. Upon retirement he was designated Chairman Emeritus of the Conference of Trial Judges of Davidson County, Tennessee.[1] Douglas wrote the book Steamboatin' On The Cumberland in December 1961.[7]
References
- ^ a b "Judge Byrd Douglas" (PDF).
- ^ Neilson Poe. "Athletics". Princeton Alumni Weekly. 21: 838.
- ^ Bill Traughber. "The Historic 1921 VU Baseball Team".
- ^ Vanderbilt University (1922). The Commodore. pp. 135–137.
- ^ Byrd Douglas (1922). The Science of Baseball.
- ^ "Hall of Fame".
- ^ Byrd Douglas (1961). Steamboatin' On The Cumberland.
- 1894 births
- 1965 deaths
- American judges
- Baseball catchers
- Cumberland Bulldogs athletic directors
- Cumberland Bulldogs football coaches
- Princeton Tigers baseball coaches
- Princeton Tigers baseball players
- Vanderbilt Commodores baseball coaches
- Sportspeople from Nashville, Tennessee
- Baseball players from Tennessee