Pete Tillman
Sport(s) | Football |
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Biographical details | |
Born |
Mangum, Oklahoma | May 9, 1922
Died |
March 31, 1998 75) Farmington, New Mexico | (aged
Playing career | |
1946–1948 | Oklahoma |
1949 | Baltimore Colts (AAFC) |
Position(s) | Center |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1954 | Wichita (assistant) |
1955–1956 | Wichita |
1957 (spring) | Washington (assistant) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 11–8–1 |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
1 MVC (1985) | |
Alonzo Monroe "Pete" Tillman (May 9, 1922 – March 31, 1998) was an American football player and coach. He played college football at the University of Oklahoma from 1946 to 1948 and professionally in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) with the Baltimore Colts in 1949. Tillman served as the head football coach at the Municipal University of Wichita—now Wichita State University —from 1955 to 1956, compiling a record of 11–8–1.[1][2] Tillman's team won a share of the Missouri Valley Conference championship in 1955 with a record of 7–2–1.[3] Tillman served briefly as an assistant coach at the University of Washington in the spring of 1957. He resigned in April to go into private business in Wichita, Kansas.[4]
Head coaching record
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Wichita Shockers (Missouri Valley Conference) (1955–1956) | |||||||||
1955 | Wichita | 7–2–1 | 3–1 | T–1st | |||||
1956 | Wichita | 4–6 | 1–3 | 4th | |||||
Wichita: | 11–8–1 | 4–4 | |||||||
Total: | 11–8–1 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title |
References
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- ↑ College Football Data Warehouse Wichita State University 1955 results
- ↑ AP (April 3, 1957). "Tillman Quits as Huskie Grid Aid". The Milwaukee Sentinel. Retrieved September 28, 2014.
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