Victor P. Dauer (April 14, 1909 – September 30, 2000) was an American football and baseball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football and head baseball coach at Valparaiso University during the 1941–42 academic year.
![]() Dauer pictured in The Beacon 1942, Valparaiso yearbook | |
Biographical details | |
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Born | (1909-04-14)April 14, 1909 Hammond, Indiana |
Died | September 30, 2000(2000-09-30) (aged 91) |
Playing career | |
Football | |
1929–1931 | Indiana |
Basketball | |
1930–1933 | Indiana |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1934–1935 | Cannelton HS (IN) |
1936 | Muncie Central HS (IN) (assistant) |
1937–1940 | Wabash HS (IN) |
1941 | Valparaiso |
Baseball | |
1942 | Valparaiso |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1941–1942 | Valparaiso |
1947–? | Springfield (MA) (assistant AD) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 0–8 (college football) 0–1 (college baseball) |
Dauer was born on April 14, 1909, in Hammond, Indiana. He graduated from Emerson High School in Gary, Indiana.[1] He played college football and college basketball at Indiana University Bloomington.[2]
Dauer served in the United States Army during World War II. In 1947, he was appointed assistant professor and assistant athletic director Springfield College in Springfield, Massachusetts. In 1949, he moved to Washington State University as an assistant professor in the Men's Physical Education Department. Dauer earned a PhD in education from the University of Michigan in 1951.[3]
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Valparaiso Crusaders (Indiana Intercollegiate Conference) (1941) | |||||||||
1941 | Valparaiso | 0–8 | 0–5 | T–13th | |||||
Valparaiso: | 0–8 | 0–5 | |||||||
Total: | 0–8 |
Valparaiso Beacons athletic directors | |
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Valparaiso Beacons head football coaches | |
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# denotes interim head coach |
Valparaiso Beacons head baseball coaches | |
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