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Robert Spangler (American Football)
Robert F. Spangler (September 8, 1917 – March 31, 1992) was an American football and basketball player and coach. Following a successful played career as a quarterback at Duke University, he served as the head football coach at Atlantic Christian College—now known as Barton College—in Wilson, North Carolina from 1947 to 1948 and Catawba College in Salisbury, North Carolina Salisbury ( ) is a city in the Piedmont (United States), Piedmont region of North Carolina, United States; it has been the county seat of Rowan County, North Carolina, Rowan County since 1753 when its territory extended to the Mississippi River. ... from 1949 to 1952. Head coaching record College football References {{DEFAULTSORT:Spangler, Robert 1917 births 1992 deaths American football quarterbacks Barton Bulldogs football coaches Catawba Indians football coaches Catawba Indians men's basketball coaches Duke Blue Devils football players Duke Blue Devils men's basketball play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duke Blue Devils Football
The Duke Blue Devils football team represents Duke University in the sport of American football. The Blue Devils compete in the Division I (NCAA)#Division I-Bowl Subdivision, Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The program has 17 conference championships (7 ACC championships and 10 Southern Conference titles), 53 All-Americans, 10 ACC Players of the Year, and have had three Pro Football Hall of Famers come through the program. The team is coached by Manny Diaz and play their home games at Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, North Carolina. After struggling for most of the time since the mid-1960s, the Blue Devils underwent a renaissance under David Cutcliffe (2008–2021). Duke secured their first Coastal division title on November 30, 2013, with a win over arch-rival North Carolina Tar Heels football, North Carolina. Additionally, the Blue Devils cracked the top 25 of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1947 College Football Season
The 1947 college football season finished with 1947 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Notre Dame, 1947 Michigan Wolverines football team, Michigan, and 1947 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Penn State all unbeaten and untied, but the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame were the first place choice for 107 of the 142 voters in the final regular season 1947 college football rankings, AP poll in early December, and repeated as College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS, national champions. Michigan was selected for the top spot by six contemporary math systems. Second-ranked Michigan met #8 1947 USC Trojans football team, USC in the 1948 Rose Bowl, Rose Bowl and won 49–0, while fourth-ranked Penn State was tied 13–13 by #3 1947 SMU Mustangs football team, SMU in the 1948 Cotton Bowl Classic, Cotton Bowl; Notre Dame didn't participate in the postseason for over four decades (until the 1969 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, 1969 season). A special p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duke Blue Devils Football Players
Duke is a male title either of a monarch ruling over a duchy, or of a member of Royal family, royalty, or nobility. As rulers, dukes are ranked below emperors, kings, grand princes, grand dukes, and above sovereign princes. As royalty or nobility, they are ranked below grand dukes and above or below princes, depending on the country or specific title. The title comes from French ''duc'', itself from the Latin language, Latin ''dux'', 'leader', a term used in Roman Republic, republican Rome to refer to a military commander without an official rank (particularly one of Germanic peoples, Germanic or Celts, Celtic origin), and later coming to mean the leading military commander of a province. In most countries, the word ''duchess'' is the female equivalent. Following the reforms of the emperor Diocletian (which separated the civilian and military administrations of the Roman provinces), a ''dux'' became the military commander in each province. The title ''dux'', Hellenised to ''do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catawba Indians Men's Basketball Coaches
Catawba may refer to: *Catawba people, a Native American tribe in the Carolinas *Catawba language, a language in the Catawban languages family *Catawban languages Botany *Catalpa, a genus of trees, based on the name used by the Catawba and other Native American tribes *Catawba (grape), a variety of grape *Catawba rhododendron (''Rhododendron catawbiense''), a flowering shrub plant Places in the United States * Catawba, Missouri *Catawba, North Carolina *Catawba, Ohio *Catawba Island Township, Ottawa County, Ohio * Catawba Island State Park, part of Lake Erie Islands State Park, Ohio *Catawba, South Carolina *Catawba, Virginia *Catawba, West Virginia *Catawba, Wisconsin *Catawba (town), Wisconsin *Catawba County, North Carolina *Catawba Mountain, see Catawba, Virginia *Catawba River *Catawba Valley, see Catawba, Virginia Other * USS ''Catawba'', the name of an ironclad and several United States Navy tugs *Catawba College, Salisbury, North Carolina *Catawba Nuclear Station, near R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barton Bulldogs Football Coaches
Barton may refer to: Places Australia * Barton, Australian Capital Territory, a suburb of Canberra * Division of Barton, an electoral district in New South Wales * Barton, Victoria, a locality near Moyston * Barton River (Western Australia) Canada * Barton, Newfoundland and Labrador, community * Barton, Nova Scotia, a community * Barton Mine, an abandoned mine in Temagami, Ontario * Barton Street (Hamilton, Ontario) England * Barton, Cambridgeshire, a village and civil parish * Barton, Cheshire, a village and parish * Barton, Cumbria, a hamlet and civil parish * Barton, Gloucestershire, a village * Barton and Tredworth, a district of Gloucester * Barton, Isle of Wight * Barton, Preston, a linear village and parish in Lancashire * Barton (Kettering BC Ward), Northamptonshire * Barton, North Yorkshire, a village and parish * Barton, Oxfordshire, a suburb of Oxford * Barton, Warwickshire, a village * Barton, West Lancashire, a village * Barton Broad, a broad and nature ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Football Quarterbacks
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label that was previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1992 Deaths
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1917 Births
Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January * January 9 – WWI – Battle of Rafa: The last substantial Ottoman Army garrison on the Sinai Peninsula is captured by the Egyptian Expeditionary Force's Desert Column. * January 10 – Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition: Seven survivors of the Ross Sea party are rescued after being stranded for several months. * January 11 – Unknown saboteurs set off the Kingsland Explosion at Kingsland (modern-day Lyndhurst, New Jersey), one of the events leading to United States involvement in WWI. * January 16 – The Danish West Indies is sold to the United States for $25 million (equivalent to $ million in ). * January 22 – WWI: United States President Woodrow Wilson calls for "peace without victory" in Germany. * January 25 – WWI: British armed merchantman is sunk by mines off Lough Swilly (Ireland), with the loss of 354 of the 475 aboard. * January 26 – The se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1952 College Football Season
The 1952 college football season was the 84th season of intercollegiate football in the United States. It ended with Oklahoma halfback Billy Vessels winning the Heisman Trophy and Notre Dame halfback Johnny Lattner winning the Maxwell Award. Two teams claim the 1952 national championship: * Michigan State compiled a perfect 9–0 record and was ranked No. 1 in the final Associated Press (AP) and United Press (UP) coaches polls. The team was also recognized as the 1952 national champion by the Boand System, DeVold System, Dunkel System, College Football Researchers Association, Helms Athletic Foundation, Litkenhous, National Championship Foundation, Sagarin Ratings, and Williamson System. The Spartans ranked third nationally in total offense with an average of 428.7 yards per game. The 1952 season was part of a 28-game winning streak for Michigan State that began in October 1950 and continued until October 1953. * Georgia Tech compiled a perfect 12–0 record and was ran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1951 College Football Season
The 1951 college football season was the 83rd season of intercollegiate football in the United States. It finished with Princeton halfback Dick Kazmaier winning the Heisman Trophy and the Maxwell Award. Five teams have laid claim to the 1951 national championship: * Tennessee was unbeaten and untied in the regular season and was ranked No. 1 in the final Associated Press (AP) and United Press (UP) coaches polls. The Volunteers then lost to No. 3 Maryland in the Sugar Bowl. The final polls were issued prior to the bowl games, leaving intact Tennessee's claim as AP and UP national champion. Tennessee's Hank Lauricella rushed for 881 yards and finished second in voting for the Heisman Trophy. * Maryland compiled a perfect 10–0 record, including a 28–13 victory over Tennessee in the Sugar Bowl. The Terrapins were ranked No. 3 in the final AP poll but were recognized as national champion by Billingsley Report, College Football Researchers Association, National Championship Fou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1950 College Football Season
The 1950 college football season was the 82nd season of intercollegiate football in the United States. It concluded with four teams having a claim to the national championship: * Oklahoma finished the regular season undefeated (9–0) and was recognized as the national champion in the final Associated Press (AP) poll and the final United Press (UP) coaches poll. However, the Sooners lost in the Sugar Bowl on New Year's Day. The final polls were issued prior to the bowl games, leaving intact Oklahoma's claim as AP and UP national champion. * Tennessee compiled an 11–1 record including a victory over No. 3 Texas in the Cotton Bowl. The Volunteers were ranked No. 4 in the final AP Poll but have been recognized as the 1950 national champion by the Billingsley Report, DeVold System, Dunkel System, College Football Researchers Association, and National Championship Foundation. * Princeton compiled a perfect 9–0 record and was ranked No. 6 in the final AP Poll. The Tigers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
