Dennis Keith Stanley Sr. (April 14, 1906 – May 29, 1983), nicknamed Dutch Stanley, was an American education

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, university administrator and intercollegiate sports coach. Stanley was a native of

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, but graduated from

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. He was a standout

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player for the

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football teams of the late 1920s, and later returned to his

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as a professor and coach, and ultimately as the long-time dean of the College of Health and Human Performance.

Early life and education

Dennis Stanley was born in

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, England on

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1906, the youngest of seven children. The Stanley family

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when he was a child, first to

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, then to

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. When he was 12 years old, the family moved to Umatilla and then

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. He attended Hillsborough High School in

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, where he was an all-state

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and team captain of the Hillsborough Terriers high school football and

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teams. Florida's 'Dutch' Stanley Retires from 23-Year Post
" ''St. Petersburg Times'', p. 3C (January 9, 1969). Retrieved March 5, 2010. The 1923 football team piloted by Speedy Walker was the runner-up for the state title, losing to Lakeland High School and Goof Bowyer. His mother died when he was 17, but he worked nights at ''The Tampa Tribune'' office, and managed to graduate from high school in 1924. With the help of a civil engineer, Henry Freeman, for whom he had been working on a

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crew, Stanley scraped together enough money to go to the University of Florida, where Freeman was an alumnus. 1924HillsboroughHighBasketball

Stanley attended the

in Gainesville, Florida from 1924 to 1929, where he was a member of the

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( Florida Upsilon chapter). Stanley played for the memorable

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teams of

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and

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under two of the Gators' early football legends, coaches Harold Sebring and

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, and was a senior on Bachman's 8–1 team of 1928.
2012 Florida Football Media Guide
'', University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 108, 115, 116, 176 (2012). Retrieved September 16, 2012. He was a standout end for the Gators, and played on the opposite side of the line from

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end

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. Stanley was also a

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and discus thrower on the Gators track and field team. After graduating from the university with his bachelor's degree in 1929, Stanley earned a master's degree in physical education at Pennsylvania State College in State College, Pennsylvania.

Academic and coaching career

Stanley taught and coached in

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and

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public high schools for two years before returning to the University of Florida. In 1931, Van Sickel left for Hollywood and Stanley returned as an instructor and assistant football coach under Bachman.Bernard Kahn,
Dutch Stanley Recalls His First Job In Daytona
" ''Daytona Beach Morning Journal'', p. 9 (January 4, 1964). Retrieved March 15, 2010. Stanley supplemented his income during the

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by laying bricks.

Florida

After a downturn in the win–loss records of Bachman's teams in

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and

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, Bachman resigned and Stanley became the Gators' new head coach at the age of 26, selected over the older

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. Stanley led an all-Florida-alumni coaching staff from

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1935 Events January * January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims. * January 12 – Amelia Earhart ...

, and his three-year turn as the Gators' man-in-charge represented a brief resurgence for Florida football. During the first three years of the new

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(SEC), Stanley posted a 14–13–2 record,College Football Data Warehouse, All-Time Coaching Records
Dennis Keith "Dutch" Stanley Records by Year
. Retrieved March 2, 2010. including notable victories over the new SEC rival

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and

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, as well as the out-of-conference

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and

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. After a 3–7 record in 1935, however, Stanley submitted his resignation at the end of the season in the face of alumni discontent, but, in an unusual move, remained a member of the coaching staff when the new head coach,

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, took over in

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. The Gators would not have another winning football season until

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Stanley also served as the first head coach of the Florida Gators men's tennis team from 1932 to 1940, compiling a 54–12 record,''2008 Gators Men's Tennis Media Guide''
All-Time Results/Coaches
, University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, p. 23 (2008). Retrieved March 2, 2010. as well as the head coach for the

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team from 1934 to 1936. As measured by his winning percentage (.818), Stanley remains the winningest tennis coach in Gators history.

Duke

Stanley continued to serve as an assistant football coach under his successor until

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, when Stanley left the Florida football program to be an assistant coach under

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, succeeding another "Dutch"– Carl Voyles as end coach of the "Iron Dukes". Stanley was a part of Wade's successful Blue Devils football teams in

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and

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, including the squad that played in the

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. Wade's coaching staff also included Herschel Caldwell and

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. When

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broke up Wade's tenure, Stanley continued to serve as an assistant under Eddie Cameron. The 1944 team beat

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in the

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Return to Florida

In 1946, a member of the

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requested that Stanley prepare a plan for the University of Florida's athletic program and a new college of physical education., The plan was approved, and, having been instrumental in advocating the consolidation of the new inter-disciplinary academic program and designing its curriculum, he was appointed as the dean of the new college. The College of Physical Education, Health and Recreation, the nation's first college of its kind, evolved to become the College of Health and Human Performance, and Stanley remained its dean from 1946 to 1970. During the mid-1950s, Stanley developed a smaller court version of tennis for older players which received national attention.

Legacy

After announcing his resignation as dean in January 1969, he continued to teach in the college until he retired in 1976. UF Dean Emeritus Dies of Cancer at 77
" ''The Gainesville Sun'', p. 2C (May 30, 1983). Retrieved March 4, 2010. The college founded the D.K. Stanley Lecture series in 1986, to recognize Stanley's "many contributions to the professions of physical education, health education and recreation." Stanley was also a well-known author in his field; his publications included the standard

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''Physical Education Activities Handbook for Men and Women''. He was a member of

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and was recognized as a Distinguished

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in the

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.F Club, Hall of Fame
Distinguished Letterwinners
Retrieved December 19, 2014. Showing his lifelong love of football, Stanley served as the NCAA representative on the

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organizing committee for twenty-eight years. Stanley died in Gainesville on May 29, 1983; he was 77 years old. He was survived by his wife, June Cowperthwaite Stanley, two children and three stepchildren.

Head coaching record

College football

Notes

References

Bibliography

*
2012 Florida Football Media Guide
', University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida (2012). * Carlson, Norm, ''University of Florida Football Vault: The History of the Florida Gators'', Whitman Publishing, LLC, Atlanta, Georgia (2007). . * * Hairston, Jack, ''Tales from the Gator Swamp: A Collection of the Greatest Gator Stories Ever Told'', Sports Publishing, LLC, Champaign, Illinois (2002). . * * McCarthy, Kevin M.
''Fightin' Gators: A History of University of Florida Football''
Arcadia Publishing, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina (2000). . * * Nash, Noel, ed., ''The Gainesville Sun Presents The Greatest Moments in Florida Gators Football'', Sports Publishing, Inc., Champaign, Illinois (1998). . * Proctor, Samuel, & Wright Langley, ''Gator History: A Pictorial History of the University of Florida'', South Star Publishing Company, Gainesville, Florida (1986). . * Stanley, Dennis, Irving F. Waglow & Ruth H. Alexander
''Physical Education Activities Handbook for Men and Women''
Allyn & Bacon, Inc. (3rd ed. 1973). .

External links

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