Edward Gulian (June 18, 1906 – November 10, 1991) was an
American football,
basketball, and
baseball player and coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at State Teachers College at Shippensburg—now known as
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania—from 1933 to 1946 and at
Albright College from 1949 to 1954, compiling a career
college football
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coaching record of 72–57–9. He was also the head basketball coach at Shippensburg from 1933 to 1943 and at Albright from 1949 to 1955, tallying a career
college basketball coaching record of 139–151. Gulian attended
Norristown High School
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in
Norristown, Pennsylvania
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and
Gettysburg College. He was named he
athletic director at Shippensburg in 1933. Gulian served as an assistant football coach in charge of the backfield at
Lafayette College for two seasons before being hired at Albright in 1949.
Gulian served in the
United States Navy as a
commander
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during
World War II. He later taught physical education at
Modesto Junior College in
Modesto, California
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. He remained in Modesto during his retirement, until his death on November 10, 1991.
Head coaching record
Football
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1906 births
1991 deaths
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