Gaines Davis

{{Short description|American football player (1913–1983)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Gains Davis

| image = Gaines Davis.jpg

| position = Guard

| birth_date = October 10, 1913

| death_date = April 4, 1972 (aged 58)

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 11

| weight_lbs = 230

| college = Texas Tech

| pastteams = New York Giants (1936)

}}

Gaines Nunnelly Davis{{cite web|title=Gaines Davis|publisher=Pro Football Archives|accessdate=August 16, 2023|url=https://www.profootballarchives.com/playerd/davi09200.html}} mid-identified in one source as Trenton Gaines Davis{{cite web|title=Gaines Davis|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=Pro-Football-Reference.com|accessdate=August 16, 2023|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/D/DaviGa20.htm}} (October 10, 1913 - December 1983) was an American football player.

Davis war born in 1914 in Abilene, Texas. He attended St. Joseph High School in Lubbock, Texas, and then enrolled at Texas Technological College (now known as Texas Tech University). He played college football as a guard for the Texas Tech Red Raiders from 1933 to 1935.

In February 1936, Davis signed with the New York Giants of the National Football League.{{cite news|title=Gaines Davis Signs Papers: Former Texas Tech Star Signs Football Contract With New York Pro Giants; To Report About August 15|newspaper=Lubbock Moring Avalanche|date=February 14, 1936|page=4|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/lubbock-morning-avalanche-gaines-davis-s/130237553/|via=Newspapers.com}} He played for the Giants as a guard during their 1936 season, appearing in six games.

After his playing career ended, Davis became a manager of Texas-New Mexico Utilities Company at Floydada, Texas.{{cite news|title=Gaines Davis Named Utilities Manager|newspaper=Lubbock Morning Avalanche|date=April 16, 1941|page=9|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/lubbock-morning-avalanche-gaines-davis-n/130238784/|via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite news|title=Death Claims Father of Tech Students|newspaper=Lubbock Morning Avalanche|date=February 5, 1942|page=7|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/lubbock-morning-avalanche-death-claims-f/130237862/|via=Newspapers.com}} In August 1934, he married Edith Dean in Tahoka, Texas.{{cite news|title=Secret Rites Told Saturday: Gaines Davis, Football Star, And Miss Edith Dean, Lamesa|newspaper=The Sunday Avalanche|date=December 22, 1935|page=24|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/lubbock-avalanche-journal/85831060/|via=Newspapers.com}} He served in the United States Navy during World War II. He later operated a beauty salon with his wife in Lamesa, Texas. He died in Lamesa in 1972 at age 58.{{cite news|title=Gaines Davis' Rites Today|newspaper=Lubbock Morning Avalanche|date=April 5, 1972|page=21|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/86351684/|via=Newspapers.com}}