[citation needed] He was the first coach to put an armband of plays on his quarterbacks' wrists, now a common sight in football.

Realizing that a football scholarship was his ticket out of the coal mines and into college, he joined the varsity team.

After graduating from Washington & Jefferson in 1922, Vince enrolled at Western Reserve University's Law School in Cleveland.

During this era of professional football, Vince was on the field against such names as Jim Thorpe, George Halas, Red Grange, and Fats Henry.

[7] With his success at the high school level, John Carroll University recruited him to be their head football coach.

In 1935, Vince left John Carroll to practice law; however, he continued officiating at high school, college and NFL games.

The SS Noronic was a passenger ship that was destroyed by fire in Toronto Harbour in September 1949 with serious loss of life.