John Vaughn Blake

John Vaughn Blake (1888 June 29, 1964) was an American college football player and FBI agent. He played football for Dan McGugin's Vanderbilt Commodores football teams with his brothers Dan and Bob. Dan, Bob, and Vaughn were captains of the 1906, 1907, and 1908 respectively. Vaughn was an end on the football team, selected All-Southern in 1908.[1] He was later an FBI agent involved with the capture of Alvin Karpis.[2]

John Vaughn Blake
Vanderbilt Commodores
PositionEnd
ClassGraduate
Personal information
Born:1888
Texas, U.S.
Died:June 29, 1964(1964-06-29) (aged 75–76)
Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Weight160 lb (73 kg)
Career history
CollegeVanderbilt (19051908)
High schoolBowen School
Career highlights and awards

Early years

Blake was born in 1888 in Texas to Daniel Bigelow Blake, Sr. and Mary Clara Weldon. Dan, Sr. was a physician and once president of the Nashville Academy of Medicine.[3]

References

  1. Spalding's Football Guide. Shawnee Mission, Kansas, NCAA Publishing Service. 1909. p. 75.
  2. Federal Bureau of Investigation. "Barker/Karpis Gang". p. 18.
  3. Charles Wells Moulton (1906). "Blake, Daniel Bigelow". The Doctor's Who's Who. The Saalfield Publishing Co. 12.


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