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Tuss McLaughry

American football player and coach (1893–1974)

Summary

American football player and coach (1893–1974)

Field	Value
name	Tuss McLaughry
image	Tuss McLaughry in 1941 (cropped).jpg
alt	McLaughry in 1941
caption	McLaughry in 1941
birth_date
birth_place	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
death_date
death_place	Norwich, Vermont, U.S.
player_sport1	Football
player_years2	1912–1914
player_team2	Westminster (PA)
player_years3	?
player_team3	Massillon Tigers
player_positions	Tackle
coach_sport1	Football
coach_years2	1915–1916
coach_team2	Westminster (PA)
coach_years3	1918
coach_team3	Westminster (PA)
coach_years4	1921
coach_team4	Westminster (PA)
coach_years5	1922–1925
coach_team5	Amherst
coach_years6	1926–1940
coach_team6	Brown
coach_years7	1941–1942
coach_team7	Dartmouth
coach_years8	1945–1954
coach_team8	Dartmouth
coach_sport9	Basketball
coach_years10	1921–1922
coach_team10	Westminster (PA)
coach_years11	1922–1926
coach_team11	Amherst
coach_years12	1926–1929
coach_team12	Brown
overall_record	143–149–13 (football)
17–32 (basketball)
awards	Amos Alonzo Stagg Award (1951)
CFBHOF_year	1962
CFBHOF_id	1597

17–32 (basketball) 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.

Early life

Born on May 19, 1893, in Chicago, McLaughry was the son of James Alexander McLaughry Sr. (1860–1942) and his wife, Mary Graham McLaughry (1874–1952). He had at least seven siblings. He grew up in Sharon, Pennsylvania and attended Michigan State University for a year before transferring to Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania.

Coaching career

McLaughry's coaching career at Dartmouth College was interrupted after two years due to World War II, where McLaughry served as a lieutenant colonel in the United States Marine Corps.

Twenty years after graduating from high school, McLaughry attended night and summer classes to earn his law degree from Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. While and after coaching at Dartmouth, McLaughry was also the chairman of the Physical Education Department there until 1960.

McLaughry was instrumental in developing the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) during his lifetime, even serving a one-year term as President in 1936, and then remaining active with the organization as a volunteer secretary-treasurer from 1940 to 1960. It was after 1960 that McLaughry earned compensation for this position, and retired from the organization in 1965.

Personal life

On August 21, 1911 in Detroit, McLaughry married Florence Marguerite Jackson (July 20, 1892 – June 1, 1985), daughter of John Llouington Jackson (1849-1924) and Ella Adele (nee Lovett) Jackson (1856-1911). Together, they had three children:

Jeanne Marguerite McLaughry (1912-2007)
John Jackson McLaughry (1917-2007), who followed in his father's footsteps and played and coached football; he was the head football coach at Union College from 1947 to 1949, Amherst College from 1950 to 1958, and Brown University from 1959 to 1966. He also served with the Marines in World War II as a Major.
Robert DeOrmond McLaughry (1921-2016)

McLaughry died on November 26, 1974, at his home in Norwich, Vermont.

Head coaching record

Football

References

"DeOrmond McLaughry and Florence Marguerite Jackson". Ray Gurganus.
. (November 27, 1974). ["Tuss McLaughry Dies At Home At Age Of 81"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31473366/the_indianapolis_star/). *[[The Indianapolis Star]]*.

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