Garrett W. Arbelbide (September 5, 1909 – July 24, 1983) was an

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and

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player and football coach. A native of

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, he grew up in Redlands and played

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at the

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position for the

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team from 1929 to 1931. He was selected by the

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and the ''

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'' as a first-team end on the

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. He was also selected as a second-team All-American by the

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. He also played on the

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that won a national championship. Arbelbide also played college baseball at USC from 1930 to 1932 and professional

as an

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for the

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of the

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in 1933. He served as the head football coach at La Verne College—now known as the

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—in 1935 and at Arizona State Teachers College at Flagstaff—now known as

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—from 1936 to 1939. Arbelbide also served in the

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during the

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era. He was head coach of the 1942 Santa Ana Army Air Base Flyers football team for the first three games of the season before being succeeded by Lieutenant Bobby Decker in mid-October. Arbelbide also worked as a teacher and rancher. He was married to Fern Arbelbide and had three children (Garrett Lea, Janice and Cindy Lea) and lived in

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, Santa Barbara, Lodi and

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, in his later years. He died in a

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hospital in 1983 at age 72.Death record for Garrett Arbelbide, born September 5, 1909, died July 24, 1983. Ancestry.com. California, Death Index, 1940-1997 atabase on-line He was posthumously inducted into the USC Hall of Fame in 1999.

Head coaching record

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