George Roark
 Roark pictured in The Bethanian 1922, Bethany yearbook | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 7, 1898 |
| Died | March 31, 1993 (aged 94) |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1919–1921 | Bethany (WV) |
| Basketball | |
| 1920–1922 | Bethany (WV) |
| 1923–1924 | Bethany (WV) |
| Baseball | |
| 1921–1922 | Bethany (WV) |
| 1924–1925 | Bethany (WV) |
| Position(s) | End (football) Forward (basketball) Catcher (baseball) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1929 | Follansbee HS (WV) |
| 1930–1935 | New Brighton HS (PA) |
| 1936 | Westminster (PA) |
| 1937–1940 | Washington & Jefferson |
| 1941–? | New Brighton HS (PA) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 18–18–3 (college) |
George Wheeler Roark (October 7, 1898 – March 31, 1993) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach of football, basketball, and track. He served as the head football coach at Westminster College of New Wilmington, Pennsylvania in 1936 and at Washington & Jefferson College from 1937 to 1940, compiling a career college football record of 18–18–3. Roark also coached basketball and track at Westminster.
Roark was a native of Altavista, Virginia. He attended Bethany College in West Virginia, where he lettered in football, basketball, and baseball, and graduated with the class of 1925.[1] He played catcher on the baseball team with pitcher Ed Wells, who went on to play Major League Baseball. Roarke resigned from his post at Washington & Jefferson in December 1940 to coach football at New Brighton, Pennsylvania's high school, where he had coached football and basketball from 1930 to 1935.[2] In his first stint at New Brighton, his football teams tallied a mark of 33–9–3.[3]
Head coaching record[]
College[]
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westminster Titans (Independent) (1936) | |||||||||
| 1936 | Westminster | 2–4–1 | |||||||
| Westminster: | 2–4–1 | ||||||||
| Washington & Jefferson Presidents (Independent) (1937–1940) | |||||||||
| 1937 | Washington & Jefferson | 2–5–1 | |||||||
| 1938 | Washington & Jefferson | 5–2–1 | |||||||
| 1939 | Washington & Jefferson | 5–3 | |||||||
| 1940 | Washington & Jefferson | 4–4 | |||||||
| Washington & Jefferson: | 16–14–2 | ||||||||
| Total: | 18–18–3 | ||||||||
References[]
- ^ McGuire, Hugh, ed. (1925). The Bethanian 1925. p. 58. Retrieved December 2, 2011.
- ^ "George W. Roark". The Daily Times. December 16, 1940. Retrieved December 3, 2011.
- ^ "Sports Stew—Served Hot". The Pittsburgh Press. January 11, 1937. Retrieved December 3, 2011.
- 1898 births
- 1993 deaths
- American men's basketball players
- Baseball catchers
- Basketball coaches from Virginia
- Basketball players from Virginia
- Forwards (basketball)
- Bethany Bison baseball players
- Bethany Bison football players
- Bethany Bison men's basketball players
- Washington & Jefferson Presidents football coaches
- Westminster Titans football coaches
- Westminster Titans men's basketball coaches
- College track and field coaches in the United States
- High school basketball coaches in the United States
- High school football coaches in Pennsylvania
- High school football coaches in West Virginia
- People from Altavista, Virginia