Don Veller
{{Short description|American football player and coach (1912–2006)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Don Veller
| image =
| alt =
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1912|5|20}}
| birth_place = Indiana, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2006|11|10|1912|5|20}}
| death_place = Tallahassee, Florida, U.S.
| alma_mater =
| player_sport1 = Football
| player_years2 = 1932–1934
| player_team2 = Indiana
| player_positions = Halfback
| coach_sport1 = Football
| coach_years2 = 1935–1941
| coach_team2 = Elkhart HS (IN)
| coach_years3 = 1946
| coach_team3 = Hanover
| coach_years4 = 1947
| coach_team4 = Indiana (assistant)
| coach_years5 = 1948–1952
| coach_team5 = Florida State
| coach_sport6 = Golf
| coach_years7 = 1953–1958
| coach_team7 = Florida State
| coach_years8 = 1966–1967
| coach_team8 = Florida State
| coach_years9 = 1974–1983
| coach_team9 = Florida State
| overall_record = 35–15–1 (college football)
53–11–4 (high school football)
| bowl_record =
| tournament_record =
| championships = 3 Dixie (1948–1950)
| awards =
| coaching_records =
}}
Donald Arld Veller (May 20, 1912 – November 10, 2006) was an American football player and coach of football and golf. He served as the head football coach at Hanover College in 1946 and at Florida State University from 1948 to 1952, compiling a career college football record of 35–15–1. Veller died at the age of 94 on November 10, 2006, in Tallahassee, Florida.{{cite news |title=Ex Florida State football coach Veller dies, to be buried in Vevay |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PeVQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WRANAAAAIBAJ&pg=3513,3640364 |newspaper=The Madison Courier |agency=Associated Press |date=November 11, 2006 |accessdate=January 30, 2011}}
Head coaching record
=College football=
{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Hanover Panthers
| conf = Indiana Intercollegiate Conference
| startyear = 1946
| endyear = single
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1946
| name = Hanover
| overall = 4–3
| conference = 3–2
| confstanding = 6th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Hanover
| overall = 4–3
| confrecord = 3–2
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Florida State Seminoles
| conf = Dixie Conference
| startyear = 1948
| endyear = 1950
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1948
| name = Florida State
| overall = 7–1
| conference = 4–0
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1949
| name = Florida State
| overall = 9–1
| conference = 4–0
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1950
| name = Florida State
| overall = 8–0
| conference = 4–0
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Florida State Seminoles
| conf = Independent
| startyear = 1951
| endyear = 1952
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1951
| name = Florida State
| overall = 6–2
| conference =
| confstanding =
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1952
| name = Florida State
| overall = 1–8–1
| conference =
| confstanding =
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Florida State
| overall = 31–12–1
| confrecord = 14–0
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 35–15–1
| bowls = no
| poll = no
| polltype =
}}
References
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External links
- {{Find a Grave|83575569}}
{{Hanover Panthers football coach navbox}}
{{Florida State Seminoles football coach navbox}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Veller, Don}}
Category:American football halfbacks
Category:Florida State Seminoles football coaches
Category:Hanover Panthers football coaches
Category:Indiana Hoosiers football coaches
Category:Indiana Hoosiers football players
Category:College golf coaches in the United States
Category:High school football coaches in Indiana
Category:People from Knox County, Indiana
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