Biographical details | |
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Born | 1903 |
Died | May 7, 1978 (aged 75) Newark, Ohio, U.S. |
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) |
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 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]
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Denison Big Red (Independent) (1942–1944) | |||||||||
1942 | Denison | 6–2–1 | |||||||
1943 | No team— World War II | ||||||||
1944 | Denison | 6–1–1 | |||||||
Denison: | 12–3–2 | ||||||||
Total: | 12–3–2 |
Biographical details | |
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Born | 1903 |
Died | May 7, 1978 (aged 75) Newark, Ohio, U.S. |
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) |
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 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]
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Denison Big Red (Independent) (1942–1944) | |||||||||
1942 | Denison | 6–2–1 | |||||||
1943 | No team— World War II | ||||||||
1944 | Denison | 6–1–1 | |||||||
Denison: | 12–3–2 | ||||||||
Total: | 12–3–2 |