M. Francois D'Eliscu
Biographical details | |
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Born | New York, New York | November 10, 1895
Died | October 15, 1972 Sarasota, Florida | (aged 76)
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1922–1923 | Temple |
Basketball | |
1919–1923 | Temple |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1946–1947 | Hawaii |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 1–9–1 (football) 30–22 (basketball) |
Milton Francois D'Eliscu (November 10, 1895 – October 15, 1972) was an American military officer, football and basketball coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Temple University from 1922 to 1923, compiling a record of 1–9–1. D'Eliscu was also the head basketball coach at Temple from 1919 to 1923, tallying a mark of 30–22. He was the athletic director at the University of Hawaii at Manoa from 1946 to 1947. D'Eliscu was an alumnus of Swarthmore College. His military career included training American troops in unorthodox hand-to-hand combat techniques as detailed in the documentary "How America Learned to Fight Dirty.[1] He died on October 15, 1972 in Sarasota, Florida.[2]
Head coaching record[]
Football[]
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Temple Owls (Independent) (1922–1923) | |||||||||
1922 | Temple | 1–4–1 | |||||||
1923 | Temple | 0–5 | |||||||
Temple: | 1–9–1 | ||||||||
Total: | 1–9–1 |
Bibliography[]
- D'Eliscu, Francois (1943). How to Prepare for Military Fitness. New York: W. W. Norton & Company. LCCN 43006734.
- D'Eliscu, Francois (1945). Hand to Hand Combat. Infantry School (U.S.).
References[]
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXkxNIVH_TM
- ^ "Area Obituaries". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Sarasota, Florida. October 16, 1972. p. 4A. Retrieved April 26, 2016 – via Google News.
External links[]
- Kiger, Patrick J. (Summer 2020). "Killer Instinct: How One Man Taught U.S. Rangers to Fight Dirty in WWII". HistoryNet.com. World History Group. Archived from the original on 27 April 2021. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
- "School for Rangers" (PDF). Yank, the Army Weekly. Vol. 1 no. 26. United States Army. 9 December 1942. pp. 7–9. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
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- 1895 births
- 1972 deaths
- Basketball coaches from New York (state)
- Hawaii Rainbow Warriors and Rainbow Wahine athletic directors
- Temple Owls football coaches
- Temple Owls men's basketball coaches
- Swarthmore College alumni
- Sportspeople from New York City
- American people of Romanian descent
- College football coaches first appointed in the 1920s stubs