Gus Dorais
C. 1940
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| Sport(s) | Football, basketball, baseball |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
July 2, 1891 Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin |
| Died | January 3, 1954 (aged 62) Birmingham, Michigan |
| Alma mater | Notre Dame, 1914 |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1910–1913 | Notre Dame |
| 1915–1916 | Fort Wayne Friars |
| 1918–1919 | Massillon Tigers |
| Position(s) | Quarterback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1914–1917 | Columbia (IA) |
| 1919 | Notre Dame (assistant) |
| 1920–1924 | Gonzaga |
| 1925–1942 | Detroit |
| 1943–1947 | Detroit Lions |
| 1952 | Pittsburgh Steelers (backfield) |
| Basketball | |
| 1918–1920 | Notre Dame |
| 1920–1925 | Gonzaga |
| 1925–1929 | Detroit |
| Baseball | |
| 1919–1920 | Notre Dame |
| 1921–1925 | Gonzaga |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 150–70–12 (college football) 20–31–2 (NFL) 93–113 (basketball) 41–31–1 (baseball) |
| Bowls | 0–1 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
| All-American, 1913 | |
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College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1954 (profile) |
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Charles Emile "Gus" Dorais (July 2, 1891 – January 3, 1954) was an American football player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball. Dorais played college football at the University of Notre Dame, where he was an All-American in 1913 at quarterback, and then played professionally with the Fort Wayne Friars and Massillon Tigers. Dorais was the head coach at Columbia College (1914–1917) in Dubuque, Iowa, Gonzaga University (1920–1924) in Spokane, Washington, and the University of Detroit (1925–1942), compiling a career college football coaching record of 150–70–12 (.672). He was also the head coach of the National Football League's Detroit Lions from 1943 to 1947, tallying a mark of 20–31–2 (.396). In addition, he was the head basketball coach at Notre Dame, Gonzaga, and Detroit and the head baseball coach at Notre Dame and Gonzaga. Dorais was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1954.
Born and raised in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, Dorais arrived at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana in the summer of 1910 at 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) and 145 lb (66 kg). He started four seasons for the Fighting Irish at quarterback, but it was during his senior season that he became part of college football history. During the summer of 1913, Dorais and his Notre Dame teammate Knute Rockne worked as lifeguards and busboys at Cedar Point Resort at Lake Erie in Sandusky, Ohio. During their free time there, the story goes, the duo practiced passing on the beach with Dorais throwing to Rockne, an end.
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