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Artis P. Graves

1907–1977

United States

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Artis P. Graves (September 23, 1907 – August 11, 1977) was an American college football coach and educator. He served as head football coach at Morris Brown College in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1940 and again from 1944 to 1949. His 1940 Morris Brown Wolverines football team compiled a record of 10–1, winning the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) title and a black college football national championship.

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