Alonzo Monroe Tillman (May 9, 1922 – March 31, 1998), better known as Pete Tillman, was an
American football
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player and coach. He played
college football
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at the
University of Oklahoma
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from 1946 to 1948 and professionally in the
All-America Football Conference
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(AAFC) with the
Baltimore Colts
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in 1949. Tillman served as the head football coach at the Municipal University of Wichita—now
Wichita State University —from 1955 to 1956, compiling a record of 11–8–1. Tillman's team won a share of the
Missouri Valley Conference
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championship in 1955 with a record of 7–2–1. Tillman served briefly as an assistant coach at the
University of Washington
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in the spring of 1957. He resigned in April to go into private business in
Wichita, Kansas
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.
Head coaching record
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1998 deaths
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