Ira Clifton Brownlie (April 11, 1873 – December 8, 1956) was an

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and

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coach. He was the first head football coach at Iowa Agricultural College and Model Farm—now known as

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—serving for one season in 1892 and compiling a record of 1–0–1. He was also the head baseball coach at Iowa Agricultural in 1898, tallying a mark of 2–4. Brownlie was born in

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and attended high school in Davenport, Iowa. He later moved to

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, where he worked as a dentist. He died in

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on December 8, 1956.

Head coaching record

Football

References

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