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'''Wilmer Dale Elfrink''' (December 27, 1893 – September 22, 1948) was an [[American football]] and [[basketball]] coach.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://gen.plagge.org/individual.php?pid=I10299&ged=plagge.ged#personal_facts |title= |
'''Wilmer Dale Elfrink''' (December 27, 1893 – September 22, 1948) was an [[American football]] and [[basketball]] coach.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://gen.plagge.org/individual.php?pid=I10299&ged=plagge.ged#personal_facts |title=Wilmer Dale Elfrink 1893–1948 – A Plagge Family History Site |access-date=2013-03-20 |archive-date=2018-12-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181206145622/https://gen.plagge.org/individual.php?pid=I10299&ged=plagge.ged#personal_facts |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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==Playing career== |
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Revision as of 21:10, 20 August 2022
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 27, 1893 Cherokee, Iowa |
| Died | September 22, 1948 (aged 54) Los Angeles, California |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1914–1915 | Coe |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1919 | Des Moines |
| 1920 | Fairmount |
| 1921 | University Farm |
| Basketball | |
| 1920–1921 | Fairmount |
| 1921–1922 | University Farm |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 11–9–3 (football) 18–7 (basketball) |
Wilmer Dale Elfrink (December 27, 1893 – September 22, 1948) was an American football and basketball coach.[1]
Playing career
Elfrink played sports while attending Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He was a key player on the football team of 1914 under head coach Moray Eby that the college considers to be one of the best teams the school fielded of all time.[2]
Coaching career
Wichita State
Elfrink was the 12th head football coach at Fairmount College—known as now Wichita State University—Wichita, Kansas, serving for one season, in 1920 season, and compiling a record of 3–4–2.[3] He also served that academic year as head basketball coach, leading his team to a record of 16–2.[4]
UC Davis
The next year, Elfrink became the head football coach at the University Farm—now known as the University of California, Davis—for the 1921 season.[5]
Head coaching record
Football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Des Moines Tigers (Independent) (1919) | |||||||||
| 1919 | Des Moines | 5–1–1 | |||||||
| Des Moines: | 5–1–1 | ||||||||
| Fairmount Wheatshockers (Independent) (1920) | |||||||||
| 1920 | Fairmount | 3–4–2 | |||||||
| Fairmount: | 3–4–2 | ||||||||
| University Farm (Independent) (1921) | |||||||||
| 1921 | University Farm | 3–4 | |||||||
| University Farm: | 3–4 | ||||||||
| Total: | 11–9–3 | ||||||||
References
- ^ "Wilmer Dale Elfrink 1893–1948 – A Plagge Family History Site". Archived from the original on 2018-12-06. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
- ^ Coe College Archived 2010-06-06 at the Wayback Machine Athletics: traditions and rivalries
- ^ Wichita St. Coaching Records Archived September 29, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Sports Reference Wilmer Elfrink Coaching Record
- ^ College Football Data Warehouse Archived 2012-10-19 at the Wayback Machine Cal-Davis 1921 results
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- Basketball coaches from Iowa
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- Des Moines Tigers football coaches
- People from Cherokee, Iowa
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