Red Armstrong (American football)

Gerald D. "Red" Armstrong (1903 – May 7, 1978) was an American football and basketball player and coach.[1] He served as the head football coach at Denison University in Granville, Ohio from 1942 to 1944, compiling a record of 12–3–2. Denison did not field a football team in 1943.[2] Armstrong was also the head basketball coach at Denison during the 1943–44 season, tallying a mark of 18–2.[3] In 1944, he resigned from coaching to enter into private business in Newark, Ohio.[4] He died at Licking Memorial Hospital, in Newark, on May 7, 1978.[5]

Red Armstrong
Biographical details
Born1903
DiedMay 7, 1978 (aged 75)
Newark, Ohio, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1923–1926Wittenberg
Basketball
1923–1927Wittenberg
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1929–1941McClain HS (OH)
1942–1944Denison
Basketball
1943–1944Denison
Head coaching record
Overall12–3–2 (college football)
18–2 (college basketball)
65–29–8 (high school football)

Head coaching record

College football
Year Team Overall ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs
Denison Big Red (Independent) (1942–1944)
1942 Denison 6–2–1
1943 No team—World War II
1944 Denison 6–1–1
Denison: 12–3–2
Total:12–3–2

References
  1. "Red Armstrong". Sports-Reference College Basketball. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
  2. "Gerald Armstrong". Denison University. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
  3. "Men's basketball Record Book" (PDF). Denison Big Red men's basketball. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
  4. "Armstrong Resigns". Athens Messenger. October 25, 1944. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
  5. "Gerald Armstrong". Chillicothe Gazette. Chillicothe, Ohio. May 8, 1978. p. 2. Retrieved January 1, 2019 – via Newspapers.com open access.
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