Grey pictured in Quips and Cranks 1921, Davidson yearbook
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Sport(s) | Football, basketball |
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Biographical details | |
Born |
Iredell County, North Carolina |
July 4, 1896
Died | March 11, 1961 Venice, Florida |
(aged 64)
Alma mater | University of Wisconsin |
Playing career | |
Football | |
1917 | Davidson |
Position(s) | Guard |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1918–1919 | Bailey Military Institute (SC) |
1920–1922 | Davidson |
Basketball | |
1918–1919 | Bailey Military Institute (SC) |
1922–1923 | Davidson |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
19??–1923 | Davidson |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 10–15–5 (football) 9–8 (basketball) |
Hugh Morton "Wooly" Grey (July 4, 1896 – March 11, 1961) was an American college sports coach. He served as the head coach for Davidson College's football and men's basketball teams as well as the school's athletic director. Grey compiled overall records of 10–15–5 in football and 9–8 in basketball. Grey attended Davidson, in 1917 receiving All-Southern honors for his play on the football team from selectors John Heisman and Dick Jemison. He was also an alumnus of the University of Wisconsin. He also coached the Bailey Military Institute in South Carolina for the 1918-19 seasons.
He died while on vacation to visit a son in Venice, Florida in 1961.