1. Joel Harry Eaves was an American college football and basketball player, coach, and athletic director.
15 Facts About Joel Eaves
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Joel Eaves is perhaps most known for coaching basketball at his alma mater, the Auburn Tigers of Auburn University.
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Joel Eaves was once athletic director for the Georgia Bulldogs.
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Joel Eaves was born on the Georgia state line in Copperhill, Tennessee.
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Joel Eaves grew up in Atlanta and attended Tech High School.
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Joel Eaves played on the Auburn Tigers basketball, football, and baseball teams.
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Joel Eaves was captain of the basketball team his senior year, an all-around guard.
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Joel Eaves stood 6 feet 3 inches and weighed 190 pounds.
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On coach Jack Meagher's football team, Joel Eaves was an end, selected All-SEC by the Associated Press in 1936.
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Joel Eaves was drafted in the eighth round of the 1937 NFL draft by the Boston Redskins but never played in the National Football League.
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Joel Eaves coached the Auburn men's basketball program from 1949 to 1963.
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Joel Eaves guided Auburn to its first SEC championship in 1960, and was named SEC Coach of the Year that season.
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Joel Eaves assisted with the football team while at Auburn, helping with the freshmen ends for two years before coaching varsity defensive ends, contributing to Auburn's 1957 national championship.
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Joel Eaves was inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame in 1978.
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Joel Eaves was the athletic director for the Georgia Bulldogs from 1963 to 1979.