Louis Vail
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 18, 1870 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | December 16, 1948 (aged 78) |
| Alma mater | Penn Law School |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1889–1893 | Penn |
| 1895 | Duquesne Country & Athletic Club |
| Baseball | |
| 1891–1892 | Penn |
| Position | Quarterback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1894 | Illinois |
| 1895 | Case |
| 1895 | Duquesne Country & Athletic Club |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 4–5 (college) |
| Women's Basketball Hall of Fame | |
Louis De Pui "Bucker" Vail (September 18, 1870 – December 16, 1948) was an American football player and coach. Vail played football and graduated from Germantown Academy.[1] He attended the University of Pennsylvania, receiving both his A.B. and his LL.B.[2] He was a member of Delta Phi Fraternity. Vail played football at Penn as a quarterback from 1889 to 1893.[3] Vail also played baseball at Penn in 1891 and 1892.[4]
Coaching career
[edit | edit source]Vail served as the fourth head football coach at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, coaching for one season in 1894 and compiling a record of 4–4.[5] Vail coached at Case School of Applied Science for one game in 1895 before the season was cancelled.[6] Later that year, he served as player-coach of the Duquesne Country and Athletic Club football team.[7]
Head coaching record
[edit | edit source]| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois Fighting Illini (Independent) (1894) | |||||||||
| 1894 | Illinois | 4–4 | |||||||
| Illinois: | 4–4 | ||||||||
| Case (Independent) (1895) | |||||||||
| 1895 | Case | 0–1 | |||||||
| Case: | 0–1 | ||||||||
| Total: | 4–5 | ||||||||
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- 1870 births
- 1948 deaths
- Case Western Reserve Spartans football coaches
- Duquesne Country and Athletic Club players
- Illinois Fighting Illini football coaches
- Penn Quakers baseball players
- Penn Quakers football players
- University of Pennsylvania Law School alumni
- College football coaches first appointed in the 1890s stubs