Fred DeLay
American football and basketball coach/college athletics administrator
About Fred DeLay
Lived 1905 – 1969 (aged 63–64). Fred DeLay was an American baseball player.
William Fred DeLay (January 17, 1901 – September 25, 1969) was an American football and basketball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Union University in Jackson, Tennessee from 1937 to 1942 and again in 1948. DeLay was also the athletic director at Union from 1937 to 1945 and 1948 to 1949.
DeLay was born and raised in Lascassas, Tennessee. He played college football and college baseball at Middle Tennessee State Normal School—now known as Middle Tennessee State University and earned a master's degree at Peabody College. He died at the age of 68, on September 25, 1969, at Parkview Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Who was Fred DeLay?
American football and basketball coach/college athletics administrator
When was Fred DeLay born?
Fred DeLay was born in 1905 in Lascassas.
When did Fred DeLay die?
Fred DeLay died on 25 September 1969 in Nashville.
What was Fred DeLay's occupation?
Fred DeLay was a baseball player.
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Fred DeLay was American.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Fred DeLay. https://biography.guide/fred-delay/
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