Roy Engle
![]() Engle at USC c. 1948 | |
Biographical details | |
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Born | Sheldon, Iowa | November 25, 1917
Died | July 7, 2005 Rancho Bernardo, California | (aged 87)
Playing career | |
Football | |
1936–1939 | USC |
1943 | Saint Mary's Pre-Flight |
Baseball | |
1940 | Tulsa Oilers |
1940 | Tyler Trojans |
Position(s) | Fullback (football) Catcher (baseball) |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1947–1948 | USC (RB) |
1949–1951 | Santa Barbara |
Baseball | |
1942 | Hoover HS (CA) |
1952–1953 | Santa Barbara |
1953–1960 | Hoover HS (CA) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 14–14 (college football) 30–25 |
Roy Winfield Engle (November 25, 1917 – July 7, 2005) was an American football and baseball player and coach.[1] After completing a college football career at the University of Southern California (USC), he served as the head football coach at Santa Barbara College of the University of California—now known as the University of California, Santa Barbara—from 1949 to 1951, compiling a record of 14–14.[2] He was also the head baseball coach at Santa Barbara from 1952 to 1952, tallying a mark of 30–25.
Engle also spent a summer in the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Browns minor league program.[3]
Head coaching record[]
College football[]
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Santa Barbara Gauchos (California Collegiate Athletic Association) (1949–1951) | |||||||||
1949 | Santa Barbara | 2–7 | 1–3 | T–3rd | |||||
1950 | Santa Barbara | 7–3 | 3–1 | 2nd | |||||
1951 | Santa Barbara | 5–4 | 1–3 | 4th | |||||
Santa Barbara: | 14–14 | 5–5 | |||||||
Total: | 14–14 |
References[]
- ^ "University of California, Santa Barbara". Baseball-Reference Bullpen. Retrieved October 18, 2018.
- ^ "Roy Engle". San Diego Tribune. Retrieved October 18, 2018.
- ^ "Roy Engle". Baseball-Reference. Retrieved October 18, 2018.
Categories:
- 1917 births
- 2005 deaths
- American football fullbacks
- Baseball catchers
- Saint Mary's Pre-Flight Air Devils football players
- Tulsa Oilers (baseball) players
- Tyler Trojans players
- UC Santa Barbara Gauchos football coaches
- UC Santa Barbara Gauchos baseball coaches
- USC Trojans football coaches
- USC Trojans football players
- People from Sheldon, Iowa
- Players of American football from Iowa