Joseph Claude Prater Jr. (November 19, 1922 – August 1, 2004) was an American
minor league baseball
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player and a
college football
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coach. He served as the head football coach at Southern Colorado State College—now known as
Colorado State University Pueblo
Colorado State University Pueblo (CSU Pueblo) is a public university in Pueblo, Colorado, United States. It is part of the Colorado State University, Colorado State University System and a Hispanic-serving institution, Hispanic-Serving Institut ...
—from 1956 to 1973.
Head coaching record
College football
Junior college football
References
External links
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Greater Pueblo Sports Hall of Fame profile
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1922 births
2004 deaths
CSU Pueblo ThunderWolves football coaches
Olean Oilers players
Oshkosh Giants players
Pueblo Indians football coaches
Sanford Spinners players
High school basketball coaches in Colorado
High school football coaches in Colorado
People from Madison County, Arkansas
Sportspeople from Fayetteville, Arkansas
Baseball players from Arkansas
20th-century American sportsmen