- Dick Godlove
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Dick Godlove Sport(s) Football Biographical details Died September 15, 1985 Place of death Topeka, Kansas Coaching career (HC unless noted) 1936–1942
1946–1958Ottawa
WashburnHead coaching record Overall 104–55–10 Accomplishments and honors Awards NAIA Hall of Fame Richard M. "Dick" Godlove (died September 15, 1985[1]) was a college football coach, athletic director, and sports figure in the United States. His lifetime football coaching record was 104 wins, 55 losses, and 10 ties. In 1964 he was inducted into the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame.[2]
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Coaching career
Ottawa
In January 1936, Godlove was named the 14th head football coach for the Ottawa University Braves located in Ottawa, Kansas[3] and he held that position for seven seasons, from 1936 until 1942. His career coaching record at Ottawa was 37 wins, 13 losses, and 6 ties. This ranks him second at Ottawa in total wins and seventh at Ottawa in winning percentage (0.661). [4]
The school honored him by inducting him into their athletic hall of fame in 1991.[5]
Washburn
After Ottawa,[6] Godlove was named the 25th head football coach for Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas. He stayed at Washburn for thirteen seasons, from 1946 until 1958.[7] His coaching record at Washburn was 67 wins, 42 losses, and 4 ties. As of completion of the 2006 season, this ranks him first[8] at Washburn in terms of total wins and 11th at Washburn in terms of winning percentage.[9]
During his first year at Washburn, Godlove (alongside Fran Welch of Emporia State) coached an "all-star" team made up of Kansas players to play a similar squad from Missouri[10] in the "Mo-Kan Bowl" all-star exhibition game.[11]
After coaching at Washburn, he remained as the school's Athletic Director while Ralph Brown took over the coaching duties.[12]
References
- ^ Wichita Eagle "Ex-Washburn AD Godlove dead at 80" September 19, 1985
- ^ Gettysburg Times "Induct 4 into hall of fame" June 5, 1964
- ^ KS LIbrary Ottawa Annals
- ^ Ottawa University Braves coaching records
- ^ Ottawa University Athletic Hall of Fame
- ^ KS Library
- ^ Lawrence Journal-World "Washburn sets Brown as head skipper" February 23, 1959
- ^ Topeka Capital-Journal "Washburn football notebook" November 10, 2006
- ^ Washburn University Coaching Records
- ^ Barr scores lone touchdown as Missour stars win 10-0, Southeast Missourian, Dec 9, 1946
- ^ Stuber to help with Missouri, Southeast Missourian, November 29, 1946
- ^ Topeka Capital-Journal, Feb 23, 1999
Ottawa Braves head football coaches J. Nort Atkinson (1901–1902) • No team (1903) • Alpha Brummage (1904–1907) • Norman G. Wann (1908–1909) • Oscar Dahlene (1910) • Red Baughman (1911) • Floyd Daniel Hargiss (1912) • Porter Craig (1913–1914) • Arthur Schabinger (1915–1917) • No team (1918) • Arthur Schabinger (1919) • Robert E. Brannan (1920–1922) • Edwin Elbel (1923–1927) • Archie W. Butcher (1928–1929) • John S. Davis (1930) • Charles Erickson (1931–1935) • Dick Godlove (1936–1942) • No team (1943–1945) • Wally A. Forsberg (1946–1948) • Richard Peters (1949–1952) • Paul J. Andree (1953–1955) • Grover Nutt (1956) • Richard Peters (1957–1971) • Ben Moor (1972–1975) • Don McLeary (1976–1977) • John Salavantis (1978) • Nyle Salmans (1979–1983) • Glen Percy (1984–1988) • Dave Dallas (1989–1996) • Chris Creighton (1997–2000) • Ronnie Jones (2001) • Patrick Ross (2002–2003) • Kent Kessinger (2004– )
Washburn Ichabods head football coaches Unknown (1891–1893) • W. M. Gains (1894) • No team (1895) • W. Griffith (1896) • Paul Coldren (1897–1898) • William Melford (1899) • Bennie Owen (1900) • Lawrence Banks (1901) • H. Ward Page (1902) • A. R. Kennedy (1903) • John H. Outland (1904–1905) • Garfield Weede (1906–1908) • Robert Stewart (1909–1910) • William L. Driver (1911–1912) • Glen Gray (1913–1915) • A. R. Kennedy (1916–1917) • Ernest Bearg (1918–1919) • Dwight Ream (1920–1921) • Glenn D. Vosburg (1922) • George Woodward (1923–1926) • Roy Wynne (1927–1928) • Ernest Bearg (1929–1935) • Elmer Holm (1936–1941) • Bob Raugh (1942–1943) • Dee Errikson (1944) • Lew Lane (1945) • Dick Godlove (1946–1958) • Ralph Brown (1959–1961) • Ellis Rainsberger (1962–1964) • Ed Linta (1965–1966) • Bill Schaake (1967–1968) • Harold Elliott (1969–1970) • Bob Noblitt (1971–1973) • Larry Elliott (1974–1978) • Gary Hampton (1979–1980) • Glenn Jagodzinske (1981–1982) • George Tardiff (1983–1984) • Larry Elliott (1984–1989) • Dennis Caryl (1990–1993) • Andy Williams (1993) • Tony DeMeo (1994–2001) • Craig Schurig (2002– )
Categories:- 1900s births
- 1985 deaths
- Ottawa Braves football coaches
- Washburn Ichabods football coaches
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