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'''Coleman Hargrove "Hog" Van de Graaff''' (born [[September 17]], [[1893]] in [[Tuscaloosa]]; died [[January 2]], [[1938]] in Gulfport, Mississippi) was a [[World War I]] veteran and assistant coach for the [[Alabama Crimson Tide football team]]. | '''Coleman Hargrove "Hog" Van de Graaff''' (born [[September 17]], [[1893]] in [[Tuscaloosa]]; died [[January 2]], [[1938]] in Gulfport, Mississippi) was a [[World War I]] veteran and assistant coach for the [[Alabama Crimson Tide football team]]. | ||
Van de Graaff was the second son of Judge [[Adrian Van de Graaff Sr]] and his wife, the former [[Minnie Van de Graaff|Minnie Cherokee Hargrove]]. He graduated from [[Tuscaloosa High School]] in [[1910]] and enrolled at the [[University of Alabama]], where he lettered in football, baseball, and track. After graduating he | Van de Graaff was the second son of Judge [[Adrian Van de Graaff Sr]] and his wife, the former [[Minnie Van de Graaff|Minnie Cherokee Hargrove]]. He graduated from [[Tuscaloosa High School]] in [[1910]] and enrolled at the [[University of Alabama]], where he lettered in football, baseball, and track. After graduating he studied law for a year and was a coach of the freshman football team at the University. In [[1916]] he joined the military and served on the Mexican border. During World War I he was commissioned as a second lieutenant and sent to France as an artillery liaison officer. He was promoted to first lieutenant and was awarded two Croix de Guerre and a Distinguished Service Cross. | ||
Van de Graaff returned home in [[1919]]. After his father's death in [[1922]] he took responsibility for overseeing the family's extensive land holdings, including a working farm at the former [[Pettway Plantation]] at [[Gee's Bend]] which he sold the United States in [[1935]] for use as an experimental station for "negro resettlement". He was active in the American Legion and was president of [[Farley W. Moody Tuscaloosa Alabama Post 34|Post 34]] when it was named in memory of his close friend, [[Farley Moody]], who had died in the Argonne. Van de Graaff also lobbied actively for development of an airfield in Tuscaloosa and succeeded in securing federal funds for the project. | |||
Van de Graaff never married and died during treatment for a nervous disorder at the Gulfport Veterans Administration Medical Center in Mississippi. When Tuscaloosa's airfield opened in [[1940]] it was dedicated as [[Tuscaloosa National Airport|Van de Graaff Field]] in his honor. | Van de Graaff never married and died during treatment for a nervous disorder at the Gulfport Veterans Administration Medical Center in Mississippi. He was buried in a family plot at [[Evergreen Cemetery]]. When Tuscaloosa's airfield opened in [[1940]] it was dedicated as [[Tuscaloosa National Airport|Van de Graaff Field]] in his honor. | ||
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* "Hargrove Van De Graaff Dies At Veterans Hospital in Gulfport, Miss." (January 3, 1938) {{TN}} | |||
* “[https://tavm.omeka.net/items/show/30 Coleman Hargrove Van de Graaff, 1893-1938]” Tuscaloosa Area Virtual Museum - accessed April 1, 2023 | * “[https://tavm.omeka.net/items/show/30 Coleman Hargrove Van de Graaff, 1893-1938]” Tuscaloosa Area Virtual Museum - accessed April 1, 2023 | ||
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Revision as of 14:13, 1 April 2023
Coleman Hargrove "Hog" Van de Graaff (born September 17, 1893 in Tuscaloosa; died January 2, 1938 in Gulfport, Mississippi) was a World War I veteran and assistant coach for the Alabama Crimson Tide football team.
Van de Graaff was the second son of Judge Adrian Van de Graaff Sr and his wife, the former Minnie Cherokee Hargrove. He graduated from Tuscaloosa High School in 1910 and enrolled at the University of Alabama, where he lettered in football, baseball, and track. After graduating he studied law for a year and was a coach of the freshman football team at the University. In 1916 he joined the military and served on the Mexican border. During World War I he was commissioned as a second lieutenant and sent to France as an artillery liaison officer. He was promoted to first lieutenant and was awarded two Croix de Guerre and a Distinguished Service Cross.
Van de Graaff returned home in 1919. After his father's death in 1922 he took responsibility for overseeing the family's extensive land holdings, including a working farm at the former Pettway Plantation at Gee's Bend which he sold the United States in 1935 for use as an experimental station for "negro resettlement". He was active in the American Legion and was president of Post 34 when it was named in memory of his close friend, Farley Moody, who had died in the Argonne. Van de Graaff also lobbied actively for development of an airfield in Tuscaloosa and succeeded in securing federal funds for the project.
Van de Graaff never married and died during treatment for a nervous disorder at the Gulfport Veterans Administration Medical Center in Mississippi. He was buried in a family plot at Evergreen Cemetery. When Tuscaloosa's airfield opened in 1940 it was dedicated as Van de Graaff Field in his honor.
References
- "Hargrove Van De Graaff Dies At Veterans Hospital in Gulfport, Miss." (January 3, 1938) The Tuscaloosa News
- “Coleman Hargrove Van de Graaff, 1893-1938” Tuscaloosa Area Virtual Museum - accessed April 1, 2023
[[Category::Alabama Crimson Tide football coaches]]