Glenn D. Vosburg
Glenn D. "Mike" Vosburg (December 29, 1883 – July 30, 1964) was an American football and basketball coach and college athletics administrator. He was the 17th head football coach at Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas, serving for one season, in 1922, and compiling a record of 1–7.[1] Football legend Walter Camp stated that the 1922 squad had several good players but produced disappointing results.[2] Vosburg was also the head basketball coach at Washburn in 1922–23, tallying a mark of 7–11. He was also and assistant coach for the Great Lakes Navy Bluejackets football team at Naval Station Great Lakes before coming to Washburn.[3]
Biographical details | |
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Born | Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, U.S. | December 29, 1883
Died | July 30, 1964 80) Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, U.S. | (aged
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
c. 1920 | Great Lakes Navy (assistant) |
1922 | Washburn |
Basketball | |
1922–1923 | Washburn |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1922 | Washburn |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 1–7 (football) 7–11 (basketball) |
Vosburg was born on December 29, 1883, in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin. He died on July 30, 1964, at Fort Atkinson Memorial Hospital.[4]
Head coaching record
Football
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Washburn Ichabods (Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference) (1922) | |||||||||
1922 | Washburn | 1–7 | 1–5 | 14th | |||||
Washburn: | 1–7 | 1–5 | |||||||
Total: | 1–7 |
References
- Washburn University Athletics media guide
- The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association football guide "The official rules book and record book of college football" (edited by Walter Camp) Can Sports Publishing Company, 1922
- "Glenn Vosburg to Coach Washburn College Teams". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. April 17, 1922. p. 18. Retrieved December 15, 2018 – via Newspapers.com .
- "Glen D. Vosburg". Janesville Daily Gazette. Janesville, Wisconsin. July 31, 1964. p. 2. Retrieved December 15, 2018 – via Newspapers.com .