Ira Clifton Brownlie (April 11, 1873 – December 8, 1956) was an American football and baseball coach. He was the first head football coach at Iowa Agricultural College and Model Farm—now known as Iowa State University—serving for one season in 1892 and compiling a record of 1–0–1.[1][2] He was also the head baseball coach at Iowa Agricultural in 1898, tallying a mark of 2–4.
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 11, 1873 Long Grove, Iowa, U.S. |
| Died | December 8, 1956 (aged 83) Denver, Colorado, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1894 | Iowa Agricultural |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1892 | Iowa Agricultural |
| Baseball | |
| 1898 | Iowa Agricultural |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 1–0–1 (football) 2–4 (baseball) |
Brownlie was born in Long Grove, Iowa and attended high school in Davenport, Iowa. He later moved to Colorado, where he worked as a dentist. He died in Denver, Colorado on December 8, 1956.[3]
Head coaching record edit
Football edit
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa Agricultural Cardinals (Independent) (1892) | |||||||||
| 1892 | Iowa Agricultural | 1–0–1 | |||||||
| Iowa Agricultural: | 1–0–1 | ||||||||
| Total: | 1–0–1 | ||||||||
References edit
- ^ Iowa State Coaching Records Archived June 23, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Iowa State University Time Line, 1875-1899". Archived from the original on November 10, 2013. Retrieved December 20, 2013.
- ^ Campbell, J. Duncan, ed. (November 1956). "Dr. Ira Clifton Brownlie" (PDF). The Shield of Phi Kappa Psi. 77 (1): 137. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
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