Don Ping
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 5, 1898 Newton, Illinois |
| Died | July 4, 1972 (aged 73) Evansville, Indiana |
| Playing career | |
| Baseball | |
| 1921 | Millikin |
| 1922 | Fort Smith Twins |
| 1923 | Terre Haute Tots |
| 1923–1924 | Decatur Commodores |
| 1925 | Springfield Senators |
| Position(s) | Catcher |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1922–1923 | Carrollton HS (KY) |
| 1924–1929 | Marshall HS (IL) |
| 1930–1945 | Reitz Memorial HS (IN) |
| 1946–1954 | Evansville |
| Baseball | |
| 1947–1966 | Evansville |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 38–35–5 (college football) 128–191–3 (college baseball) |
| Bowls | 2–0 |
Donald Wilson Ping (November 5, 1898 – July 4, 1972) was an American football and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Evansville in Evansville, Indiana from 1946 to 1954, compiling a record of 38–35–5. Ping was also the head baseball coach at Evansville from 1947 to 1966, tallying a mark of 128–191–3.
Ping played college baseball at Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois.[1] He died on July 4, 1972, at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville.[2]
Head coaching record[]
College football[]
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evansville Purple Aces (Indiana Intercollegiate Conference) (1946) | |||||||||
| 1946 | Evansville | 7–1–2 | 2–0 | 2nd | |||||
| Evansville Purple Aces (Independent) (1947–1950) | |||||||||
| 1947 | Evansville | 4–4–1 | |||||||
| 1948 | Evansville | 6–3 | W Refrigerator | ||||||
| 1949 | Evansville | 8–2–1 | W Refrigerator | ||||||
| 1950 | Evansville | 3–6–1 | |||||||
| Evansville Purple Aces (Indiana Collegiate Conference) (1951–1953) | |||||||||
| 1951 | Evansville | 5–5 | 1–1 | 4th | |||||
| 1952 | Evansville | 2–7 | 2–3 | 5th | |||||
| 1953 | Evansville | 3–7 | 2–3 | T–4th | |||||
| Evansville: | 38–35–5 | 7–7 | |||||||
| Total: | 38–35–5 | ||||||||
References[]
- ^ Millard, Howard V. (November 22, 1936). "Ping, Ex-J. M. U. Baseball Star, Builds Fine Record As Evansville Grid Coach". The Decatur Daily Review. Decatur, Illinois. p. 16. Retrieved December 17, 2020 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ "Evansville's Don Ping Dies". Vincennes Sun-Commercial. Vincennes, Indiana. July 5, 1972. p. 15. Retrieved July 11, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .
External links[]
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)
Categories:
- 1898 births
- 1972 deaths
- Baseball catchers
- Decatur Commodores players
- Evansville Purple Aces athletic directors
- Evansville Purple Aces baseball coaches
- Evansville Purple Aces football coaches
- Fort Smith Twins players
- Millikin Big Blue baseball players
- Springfield Senators players
- Terre Haute Tots players
- High school football coaches in Illinois
- High school football coaches in Indiana
- High school football coaches in Kentucky
- People from Newton, Illinois