1. Donald Burrows Faurot was an American football and basketball player, coach, and college athletics administrator best known for his eight-decade association with the University of Missouri.
16 Facts About Don Faurot
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Don Faurot was the athletic director at Missouri from 1935 to 1942 and again from 1946 to 1967.
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Don Faurot lettered in three sports at Missouri in the early 1920s: in football, as a halfback, basketball and baseball.
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Don Faurot was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1961.
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Don Faurot lost two fingers on his right hand in a boyhood farming accident, yet still became an accomplished multi-sport athlete.
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Don Faurot's association with the University of Missouri started when he was a young boy who would sneak into Rollins Field to watch the Tigers play and practice.
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Don Faurot was the eldest of four brothers to win a football letter at Missouri.
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Don Faurot was a member of FarmHouse fraternity while attending the University of Missouri.
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Don Faurot coached the basketball team to the 1927 MIAA championship.
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In 1935, Don Faurot returned to his alma mater as head coach and athletic director, titles he retained until 1956 except for three years of service in the United States Navy during World War II.
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In 19 years as the Tiger football coach, Don Faurot's record was 101 wins, 79 losses and 10 ties, a record that remained unmatched until coach Gary Pinkel passed him in 2013.
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Don Faurot is a member of the National Football Foundation's College Football Hall of Fame, the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame, the University of Missouri Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame, the Orange Bowl Hall of Honor, the Blue-Gray Game Hall of Fame, past president of the American Football Coaches Association, and recipient of the Amos Alonzo Stagg Award for his distinguished service in the advancement of the best interests of football.
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Don Faurot maintained an office at the Tom Taylor Building where he spent several hours nearly every day, and was a regular attendee at football practice until shortly before his death.
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Don Faurot was secretary of the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame for many years, and was the executive secretary of the Missouri Senior Golf Association.
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Don Faurot spent a term after his retirement as assistant director in charge of special events for the MU Alumni Association.
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Don Faurot died October 19,1995, in Columbia, the week of the MU Homecoming.