Red Armstrong (American football)
Gerald D. "Red" Armstrong (1903 – May 7, 1978) was an American football and basketball player and coach.[1] He served as the head football coach at Denison University in Granville, Ohio from 1942 to 1944, compiling a record of 12–3–2. Denison did not field a football team in 1943.[2] Armstrong was also the head head basketball coach at Denison during the 1943–44 season, tallying a mark of 18–2.[3] In 1944, he resigned from coaching to enter into private business in Newark, Ohio.[4] He died at Licking Memorial Hospital, in Newark, on May 7, 1978.[5]
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1903 |
| Died | May 7, 1978 (aged 75) Newark, Ohio |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1923–1926 | Wittenberg |
| Basketball | |
| 1923–1927 | Wittenberg |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1929–1941 | McClain HS (OH) |
| 1942–1944 | Denison |
| Basketball | |
| 1943–1944 | Denison |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 12–3–2 (college football) 18–2 (college basketball) 65–29–8 (high school football) |
Head coaching record
College football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denison Big Red (Independent) (1942–1944) | |||||||||
| 1942 | Denison | 6–2–1 | |||||||
| 1943 | N0 team—World War II | ||||||||
| 1944 | Denison | 6–1–1 | |||||||
| Denison: | 12–3–2 | ||||||||
| Total: | 12–3–2 | ||||||||
References
- "Red Armstrong". Sports-Reference College Basketball. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- "Gerald Armstrong". Denison University. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- "Men's basketball Record Book" (PDF). Denison Big Red men's basketball. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- "Armstrong Resigns". Athens Messenger. October 25, 1944. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
- "Gerald Armstrong". Chillicothe Gazette. Chillicothe, Ohio. May 8, 1978. p. 2. Retrieved January 1, 2019 – via Newspapers.com
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