Dudley DeGroot
American athlete and coach (1899–1970) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Dudley Sargent DeGroot (November 10, 1899 – May 5, 1970) was an American athlete and coach, primarily of American football.[1] He served as the head coach for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL) from 1944 and 1945, tallying a mark of 14–5–1; his winning percentage of .737 is the best in franchise history for coaches with at least one full season. DeGroot was also the head football coach at Santa Barbara State College—now the University of California, Santa Barbara (1926–1928), San Jose State University (1932–1939), the University of Rochester (1940–1943), West Virginia University (1948–1949), and the University of New Mexico (1950–1952), compiling a career college football record of 117–67–9. In addition, he served as the head coach of the Los Angeles Dons of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) from 1946 to 1947.
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Born | (1899-11-10)November 10, 1899 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
Died | May 5, 1970(1970-05-05) (aged 70) El Cajon, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
Playing career | |||||||||||||||
Football | |||||||||||||||
1920–1922 | Stanford | ||||||||||||||
Basketball | |||||||||||||||
1921–1922 | Stanford | ||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Center | ||||||||||||||
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |||||||||||||||
Football | |||||||||||||||
1926–1928 | Santa Barbara State | ||||||||||||||
1932–1939 | San Jose State | ||||||||||||||
1940–1943 | Rochester (NY) | ||||||||||||||
1944–1945 | Washington Redskins | ||||||||||||||
1946–1947 | Los Angeles Dons | ||||||||||||||
1948–1949 | West Virginia | ||||||||||||||
1950–1952 | New Mexico | ||||||||||||||
Basketball | |||||||||||||||
1927–1929 | Santa Barbara State | ||||||||||||||
Baseball | |||||||||||||||
1928 | Santa Barbara State | ||||||||||||||
Track & field | |||||||||||||||
1927–1928 | Santa Barbara State | ||||||||||||||
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |||||||||||||||
1926–1928 | Santa Barbara State | ||||||||||||||
Head coaching record | |||||||||||||||
Overall | 117–67–9 (college football) 26–16–3 (NFL/AAFC) 8–24 (college basketball) 2–4 (college baseball) | ||||||||||||||
Bowls | 1–0 | ||||||||||||||
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Football 2 Far Western (1932, 1934) 1 CCAA (1939) | |||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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