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Phillip Norris "Army" Armstrong 
"Army" Armstrong Sport(s) College football Current position Team Carroll College (Wisconsin) Biographical details Born September 15, 1898 Place of birth Fort Smith, Arkansas Died October 11, 1981 (aged 83) Playing career 1918-1921 Centre College Position(s) [halfback ) Coaching career (HC unless noted) 1923-1930
1922Carroll College
Centenary College (asst)Head coaching record Overall 44-11-6 Phillip Norris "Army" Armstrong (September 15, 1898 – October 11, 1981) was an American football player, coach, and sports figure in the United States. He played professionally and also coached successfully at the college level.
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Playing history
Centre College
Norris played tackle for Centre College Praying Colonels in Danville, Kentucky and was a key offensive player[1] during the 1921 Centre vs. Harvard football game and was captain of the team that year.[2] He also was a player on the school's basketball team.[3] Centre College honored his contribution to the school's athletic program by inducting him into the college's Athletic Hall of Fame.[4]
Milwaukee Badgers
After graduation from Centre, Norris played professionally for the 1922 season as an offensive tackle for the Milwaukee Badgers[5] of the National Football League[6] alongside his college teammate Bo McMillin.[7]
Coaching history
Centenary College
Armstrong's first coaching position was in 1922 at Centenary College.[8] Here he was assistant to his college teammate (and future professional teammate) Bo McMillin[9] where they produced an impressive record of eight wins and one loss[10] while outscoring opponents 295 to 41.[11]
Carroll College
Carroll College Pioneers, Circa 1920
After completing one year as an assistant coach, Armstrong was named the 15th head college football coach for the Carroll College Pioneers (now called Carroll University) located in Waukesha, Wisconsin[12] and he held that position for eight seasons, from 1923 until 1930. His career coaching record at Carroll College was 44 wins, 11 losses, and 6 ties. As of the conclusion of the 2007 season, this ranks him third at Carroll College in total wins and third at Carroll College in winning percentage.[13]
Coach Amrstrong oversaw one of the most successful periods of the football team at the college.[14] The university honored his contributions by inducting him into the school's "Hall of Fame" in 1973.[15]
Key games for Carroll under Armstrong included the 1925 victory over Great Lakes Naval by a score of 73-0, and an undefeated 1925 season. The program never had anything but "winning" seasons under coach Armstrong, with the worst record being 4 wins and 3 losses in 1929, the worst loss that year a 46-0 defeat by the Iowa Hawkeyes.[16]
After retiring from coaching, Armstrong would remain with Carroll College to become Athletic Director and later a trustee of the college.[17]
Head coaching record
Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs NAIA Coach's Poll# Carroll University () (1923–1930) 1923 Carroll 5-3-0 1924 Carroll 6-1-1 1925 Carroll 8-0-0 1926 Carroll 5-1-2 1927 Carroll 6-1-1 1928 Carroll 5-1-1 1929 Carroll 4-3-0 1930 Carroll 5-1-1 Carroll College: Total: 44-11-6 National Championship Conference Title Conference Division Title #Rankings from final Coaches' Poll. References
- ^ College Football Historical Society "Still The Greatest" by Jim Campbell, August 1996
- ^ Centre College Centre vs Harvard
- ^ Big Blue History University of Kentucky Basketball vs Centre College, February 8, 1921
- ^ Centre College Athletics Hall of Fame
- ^ JT-SW.com Norris Armstrong
- ^ Database Football Norris Armstrong
- ^ Database Football 1922 Milwaukee Badgers
- ^ The Beta Pi "Gridiron Coaches" Summer 2003
- ^ Pulaski Past Pulaski County Biographies
- ^ College Football Data Warehouse Centenary Yearly Results, 1920-1924
- ^ College Football Data Warehouse Centenary College 1922 Results
- ^ Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune September 19, 1923
- ^ Carroll College Football Coaching Records
- ^ City of Waukesha, Wisconsin "Waukesha's History"
- ^ Carroll College Athletics Hall of Fame
- ^ Carroll University Season by Season Results
- ^ The Evening Independent "A Football Legend is Dead" October 13, 1981
Carroll Pioneers head football coaches Ward A. Wescott (1896) • No team (1897) • J. G. Britton (1898) • John D. Schwender (1899–1900) • Mark D. Nave (1901–1903) • John D. Schwender (1904–1905) • No team (1906–1907) • Harrison McJohnston (1908) • Wilfred C. Bleamaster (1909–1911) • William Davies (1912) • Henry W. Lever (1913) • John Edmund Fries (1914–1918) • Roy E. Haberman (1919) • John Edmund Fries (1920) • C. C. Boone (1921) • Matty Bell (1922) • Phillip Norris Armstrong (1923–1930) • Vincent P. Batha (1931) • Glenn Thistlethwaite (1932–1933) • Elmer A. Lampe (1934–1937) • John W. Breen (1938–1948) • Francis J. McCormick (1949–1957) • Lisle Blackbourn (1958) • Vince DiFrancesca (1959–1971) • Steve Miller (1972–1976) • Robert Larsen (1977) • Mark W. Williams (1978–1981) • Merle Masonholder (1979–2000) • Jeff Voris (2001–2005) • Henny Hiemenz (2006–2010) • Mark Krzykowski (2011– )
Categories:- 1898 births
- 1981 deaths
- Centenary Gentlemen football coaches
- Centre Praying Colonels football players
- Carroll Pioneers football coaches
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