George "Speed" Palfreyman Jr. (May 17, 1893 – November 7, 1936) was an American college football and college basketball coach. He was the second head football coach at Fifth District Normal School—now known as Northwest Missouri State University—in Maryville, Missouri, serving for two seasons, from 1916 to 1917, and compiling a record of 2–13. He was also the school's head basketball coach from 1915 to 1918, tallying a mark of 19–10.
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 17, 1893 |
| Died | November 7, 1936 (aged 43) Topeka, Kansas, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Basketball | |
| 1912–1915 | Missouri |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1916–1917 | Maryville Normal |
| Basketball | |
| 1915–1918 | Maryville Normal |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 2–13 (football) 19–10 (basketball) |
After graduating from Benton High School in St. Joseph, Missouri, Palfreyman played basketball at the University of Missouri from 1912 to 1915 and was captain of the team in 1914–15. He taught at a high school in Maryville and was then employed by the Goodrich Tire Company as an assistant manager in Milwaukee. He also worked for Goodrich in Chicago and Akron, Ohio. Palfreyman died at the age of 43, on November 7, 1936, at the home of his parents in Topeka, Kansas.[1][2]
Head coaching record
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edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maryville Normal Bearcats (Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1916–1917) | |||||||||
| 1916 | Maryville Normal | 2–5 | 0–5 | 10th | |||||
| 1917 | Maryville Normal | 0–8 | 0–7 | 10th | |||||
| Fifth District Normal: | 2–13 | 0–12 | |||||||
| Total: | 2–13 | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Missouri U. Star Dies". Jefferson City Post-Tribune. Jefferson City, Missouri. Associated Press. November 9, 1936. p. 8. Retrieved June 29, 2018 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ "Dies in Topeka, Kan.—George Palfreyman Jr. Once Was Athletic Star At Benton". St. Joseph News-Press. St. Joseph, Missouri. November 7, 1936. p. 4. Retrieved August 10, 2019 – via Newspapers.com .
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