A. R. Van Cleave

Albert Ray Van Cleave (December 20, 1889 – September 24, 1987) was an American football coach, professor, and college administrator. He was the head football coach at Elon University in Elon, North Carolina for the 1926 season, compiling a record of 0–10.

Van Cleave was an alumnus of Union Christian College, Indiana State University, Indiana College, and the University of Chicago. He was also Professor of Philosophy at Elon during his time there. In 1943, he received an honorary degree from Elon. At the time he was President of Piedmont College in Georgia. He resigned in 1952.

Van Cleave died in Roanoke, Alabama in 1987. He was 97.