title: Eliot Graves
text: # Eliot Graves
  
  Eliot Varnum Graves (September 24, 1882 – 1967) was an American football player and coach of football and basketball. He served as the head football coach at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin from 1906 to 1908, compiling a record of 11–10. Graves was also the head basketball coach at Lawrence from 1907 to 1909, tallying a mark of 13–6. Graves played football at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in 1903. He was the son of Episcopalian bishop Anson Rogers Graves.
  
  ## Head coaching record
  
  ### Football
  
  | Year | Team | Overall |
  | - | - | - |
  | Lawrence Vikings (Independent) (1906–1908) ||||||
  | 1906 | Lawrence | 4–3 |
  | 1907 | Lawrence | 4–3 |
  | 1908 | Kearney State | 3–4 |
  | Lawrence: | Lawrence: | 11–10 |
  | Total: | Total: | 11–10 |
  