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Dana X. Bible

AKA Dana Xenophon Bible

Born: 8-Oct-1891
Birthplace: Jefferson City, TN
Died: 19-Jan-1980
Location of death: Austin, TX
Cause of death: Stroke
Remains: Buried, Memorial Park, Austin, TX

Gender: Male
Religion: Baptist
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Football

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Legendary Texas football coach

Father: Jonathan Bible (university professor)
Mother: Cleopatra
Wife: Rowena Rhodes (m. 19-Dec-1923, d. 1942, one daughter, one son)
Daughter: Barbara
Son: Bill
Wife: Agnes Stacy (m. 1944, div. 1950)
Wife: Dorothy Gilstrap (m. 2-Feb-1952, until his death)

    High School: Jefferson City High School, Jefferson City, TN (1908)
    University: BA, Carson-Newman College (1912)
    Coach: Head Coach, Mississippi College (1913-15)
    Coach: Head Coach, Louisiana State University (1916)
    Coach: Head Coach, Texas A&M University (1917-28)
    Coach: Head Coach, University of Nebraska (1929-36)
    Coach: Head Coach, University of Texas at Austin (1937-46)

    Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity
    Freemasonry
    Shriners
    College Football Hall of Fame 1951

Author of books:
Championship Football (1947)


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