Tate C. Page
Tate Cromwell "Piney" Page (January 6, 1908 – May 19, 1984) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky from 1938 to 1941 and at Central Missouri State College—now known as the University of Central Missouri—from 1948 to 1951, compiling a career college football coaching record of 23–43–5.[1] Page was the head coach for Central Missouri State during the famous 1951 Central Missouri State vs. Southwestern football game in which a team rejected a touchdown awarded by the game officials. He was later dean of the College of Education at Western Kentucky University.[2] Page graduated from Arkansas Tech University in 1930 and was a football letter-winner at Tulane University in 1933.[3][4]
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 6, 1908 Muskogee, Oklahoma |
| Died | May 19, 1984 (aged 76) Atkins, Arkansas |
| Playing career | |
| 1927–1929 | Arkansas Tech |
| 1933 | Tulane |
| Position(s) | Guard, tackle |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1936–1937 | Transylvania (line) |
| 1938–1941 | Transylvania |
| 1944 | Tulane (line) |
| 1947 | Auburn (assistant) |
| 1948–1951 | Central Missouri State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 23–43–5 |
| Bowls | 1–0 |
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Transylvania Pioneers (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1938–1941) | |||||||||
| 1938 | Transylvania | 3–5 | |||||||
| 1939 | Transylvania | 1–8 | |||||||
| 1940 | Transylvania | 5–3–1 | |||||||
| 1941 | Transylvania | 3–5 | |||||||
| Transylvania: | 12–21–1 | ||||||||
| Central Missouri State Mules (Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1948–1951) | |||||||||
| 1948 | Central Missouri State | 0–7–2 | 0–4–1 | 6th | |||||
| 1949 | Central Missouri State | 3–5 | 2–3 | 4th | |||||
| 1950 | Central Missouri State | 8–3 | 3–2 | 3rd | W Shrine Bowl | ||||
| 1951 | Central Missouri State | 0–7–2 | 0–4–1 | T–5th | |||||
| Central Missouri State: | 11–22–4 | 5–13–2 | |||||||
| Total: | 23–43–5 | ||||||||
References
- Patterson's American Education, Volumes 56-61. Educational Directories. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- "Tate Cromwell Page". Western Kentucky University. Retrieved January 10, 2019.
- "Tate C. "Piney" Page". Arkansas Tech. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- "Sports Football All-Time Letterman". Tulane Green Wave football. Retrieved December 30, 2018.