Vaughn Mancha was born October 7, 1921, in Sugar Valley, Georgia and moved to Birmingham at age 6. He played high school football at Ramsay, making All-State and All-Southern in 1941, and in 1980 was voted to the All-Time Ramsay First Team. At the University of Alabama (1944-48) he earned All-SEC and All-American honors as a four year starter. He played in the Rose Bowl and two Sugar Bowls; was voted to the All-Time Sugar Bowl Team and played pro football with the Boston Yanks (NFL). He was head coach and athletic director at Livingston University, assistant coach at FSU and Columbia University, and director of athletics at FSU, 1959-71. From 1972-1992 he was a professor in media education at FSU, retiring as professor emeritus. In 1990 he was inducted into the National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame; in 1992 was selected to Alabama's All-Century Team. He and wife Sibyl reside in Tallahassee, Florida.