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Ernest Graves Sr.

United States Army general

Summary

United States Army general

Field	Value
name	Ernest Graves
image	Ernest Graves close shot (American Football book).jpg
birth_date
birth_place	Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.
death_date
death_place	Washington, D.C., U.S.
player_sport1	Football
player_years2	1897–1900
player_team2	North Carolina
player_years3	1901–1904
player_team3	Army
player_sport4	Baseball
player_years5
player_team5	Army
player_positions	Fullback (football)
Catcher (baseball)
coach_sport1	Football
coach_years2	1906
coach_team2	Army
coach_years3	1908
coach_team3	Harvard (line)
coach_years4	1912
coach_team4	Army
coach_sport5	Baseball
coach_years6	1901
coach_team6	North Carolina
overall_record	7–8–1 (football)
11–4–2 (baseball)
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Catcher (baseball) 11–4–2 (baseball) Ernest "Pot" Graves (March 27, 1880 – June 9, 1953) was an American football and baseball player, coach, and United States Army officer. He served as the head football coach at the United States Military Academy in 1906 and 1912. Graves retired from the Army with the rank of brigadier general.

Biography

Graves was born and raised in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He attended the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, graduating second in his class in 1905.

He served with the 3rd Engineers at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and subsequently served in the Philippines from 1909 to 1910. He later served in Mexico with General John J. Pershing, commanding the engineering company that built roads to allow supplies to be provided to the Army. He also served with Pershing in France during World War I. During World War I, he was placed in charge of the Intermediate Section and was responsible for building warehouses used to supply the Army in France. He received the Army Distinguished Service Medal for his efforts during the war, the citation for which reads:

He was retired from the army in 1921 due to deafness.

Family and death

After leaving the military, Graves married Lucie Gunn Birnie in 1923.

Head coaching record

Football

Notes

References

Cullum, George Washington. (1920). "Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. From Its Establishment, in 1802, to 1890". Association of Graduates, [[United States Military Academy]].
"Valor awards for Ernest Graves". Military Times.
"Engineer Memoirs: Lieutenant General Ernest Graves". U.S. Army.
(June 12, 1953). "Brig. Gen. Graves, 73, Of River Commission". [[The New York Times]].
"2020 Army West Point Football Media Guide". [[United States Military Academy]].

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