John Vaughan Blake
| Vanderbilt Commodores | |
|---|---|
| Position | End |
| Class | Graduate |
| Career history | |
| College | Vanderbilt (1905–1908) |
| High school | Bowen School |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | 1888 Texas, U.S. |
| Died: | June 29, 1964 (aged 75–76) Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Weight | 160 lb (73 kg) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| |
John Vaughan Blake (1888 – June 29, 1964) was an American college football player and FBI agent.
Biography
Blake was born in 1888 in Cuero, Texas to Daniel Bigelow Blake Sr. and Mary Clara Weldon. Dan Sr. was a physician and once president of the Nashville Academy of Medicine.[1]
Blake played football for Dan McGugin's Vanderbilt Commodores football teams with his brothers Dan and Bob. Dan, Bob, and Blake were captains of the 1906, 1907, and 1908 teams respectively. Blake was an end on the football team, selected All-Southern in 1908.[2]
He then spent time as the head football coach at Birmingham College.[3][4] He was later an FBI agent involved with the capture of Alvin Karpis.[5]
Blake committed suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning on June 29, 1964.[6]
References
- ↑ Charles Wells Moulton (1906). "Blake, Daniel Bigelow". The Doctor's Who's Who. The Saalfield Publishing Co. 12.
- ↑ Spalding's Football Guide. Shawnee Mission, Kansas, NCAA Publishing Service. 1909. p. 75. Search this book on
- ↑ "Vaughan Blake". Birmingham Post-Herald. September 9, 1910. p. 10. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
- ↑ "Birmingham Wins By Field Goal". The Commercial Appeal. October 8, 1910. p. 11. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
- ↑ Federal Bureau of Investigation. "Barker/Karpis Gang". p. 18.
- ↑ "VU Grid Great Found Dead". The Tennessean. June 30, 1964. p. 25. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
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- 1888 births
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- Vanderbilt Commodores football players
- Federal Bureau of Investigation agents
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