Ewing Y. Freeland
American football player and coach, basketball coach, baseball player and coach (1887–1953) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ewing Young "Big 'un" Freeland (January 1, 1887 – August 15, 1953) was an American football and baseball player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball. He served as the head football coach at Daniel Baker College (1912–1914), Texas Christian University (1915), Austin College (1919–1920, 1936–1938), Millsaps College (1921), Southern Methodist University (1922–1923, with Ray Morrison), and Texas Tech University (1925–1928), compiling a career college football record of 77–49–16. Freeland was also the head basketball coach at TCU for one season in 1915–16 and at Millsaps for one season, in 1921–22. In addition, he was the head baseball coach at TCU (1916), SMU (1923–1924), and Texas Tech (1926–1927), amassing a career college baseball record of 50–47–3.
Biographical details | |
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Born | (1887-01-01)January 1, 1887 Turnersville, Texas, U.S. |
Died | August 15, 1963(1963-08-15) (aged 76) Brownwood, Texas, U.S. |
Playing career | |
Football | |
1904–1906 | Daniel Baker |
1908–1911 | Vanderbilt |
Position(s) | Tackle (football) First baseman (baseball) |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1912–1914 | Daniel Baker |
1915 | TCU |
1919–1920 | Austin |
1921 | Millsaps |
1922–1923 | SMU |
1925–1928 | Texas Tech |
1936–1938 | Austin |
Basketball | |
1915–1916 | TCU |
1921–1922 | Millsaps |
Baseball | |
1916 | TCU |
1923–1924 | SMU |
1926–1927 | Texas Tech |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1925–1927 | Texas Tech |
1935–1938 | Austin |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 77–49–16 (football) 2–11 (basketball) 50–47–3 (baseball) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
Football 1 TIAA (1920) 1 SWC (1923) | |
Awards | |
3× All-Southern (1909, 1910, 1911) | |