Vin Eustis

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Alvin Allen "Vin" Eustis (November 3, 1893 – January 17, 1970) was an American college football and college basketball coach and athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at State Normal School at Cheney—now known as Eastern Washington University—from 1920 to 1926, compiling a record of 24–25–1. Eustis was also the head basketball coach at Cheney Normal from 1919 to 1917, tallying a mark of 106–44, and the school's athletic director from 1920 to 1927. Eustis was born November 3, 1893, in Beloit, Wisconsin, to George H. and Anna Elizabeth (Reynolds) Eustis. He played football at Pomona College and the State College of Washington—now known as Washington State University. He graduated from Washington State with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1915. Eustis died on January 17, 1970, at a hospital in Oakland, California, following an illness of four months.

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1. date of birth: 1893-11-03 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. date of death: 1970-01-17 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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