:Vaughn Mancha

{{Short description|American football player, coach, and administrator (1921–2011)}}

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{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Vaughn Mancha

| image = Vaughn Mancha 1945 (2).jpg

| caption = Mancha, circa 1945

| number = 41

| position = Center
Linebacker

| birth_date = {{birth date|1921|10|7|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Sugar Valley, Georgia, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2011|1|27|1921|10|7}}{{cite web | url =http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2011/01/alabama_football_legend_vaughn.html | title =Alabama football legend Vaughn Mancha passes away at age 89 | author =Don Kausler, Jr. | date =January 27, 2011 | publisher =al.com | access-date = January 27, 2011}}

| death_place = Tallahassee, Florida, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 1

| weight_lb = 230

| high_school = Birmingham (AL) Ramsay

| college = Alabama

| draftyear = 1948

| draftround = 1

| draftpick = 5

| pastteams =

• Boston Yanks ({{NFL Year|1948}})

| pastcoaching =

• Livingston State (1949–1951)

| pastadmin =

• Florida State ({{abbr|AD|Athletic Director}}, 1959–1971)

| highlights =

• Consensus All-American (1945)
• First-team All-SEC (1945)
• 3× Second-team All-SEC (1944, 1946, 1947)

| statlabel1 = Games played

| statvalue1 = 12

| pfr = MancVa20

| CollegeHOF = 1668

}}

Vaughn Hall Mancha (October 7, 1921{{spaced ndash}}January 27, 2011) was an American professional football player for the Boston Yanks of the National Football League (NFL). He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1990. He was named to the All-SEC team during his career at the University of Alabama, where he played from 1944 through 1947. Earned all-SEC & All American honors as a four-year starter at the University of Alabama; played in Rose Bowl and two Sugar Bowls; voted All-Time Sugar Bowl team. Coached football at Livingston State University, Columbia University, and Florida State University and served as FSU Athletic Director.{{cite web |url=http://www.seminoles.com/school-bio/athleticdirectors.html |title=Florida State University Official Athletic Site - On Campus |website=www.seminoles.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321143156/http://www.seminoles.com/school-bio/athleticdirectors.html |archive-date=2012-03-21}}

Other honors include induction into the Florida State Sports Hall of Fame, the Tallahassee Sports Hall of Fame, and was selected to Alabama's All-Century Team. He was married to Sybil Mancha. They have three children and four grandchildren.