About Fred Ekstrand
Lived 1899 – 1972 (aged 73). Fred Ekstrand was an american football coach.
Fred Otis Ekstrand (March 9, 1899 – July 8, 1972) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Iowa Wesleyan College in Mount Pleasant, Iowa from 1953 to 1955, where he led the school to an undefeated season in 1953. Ekstrand was born on March 9, 1899, in Yates City, Illinois. He graduated from Yates City High School there in 1919 and from Iowa Wesleyan College in 1925. Ekstrand was struck by a car and killed while he was crossing a street on July 8, 1972, in Eugene, Oregon, where he was attending the U.S. Olympics track and field trials.
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Fred Ekstrand was born on 9 March 1899 in Yates City.
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Fred Ekstrand died on 8 July 1972 in Eugene.
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Fred Ekstrand was an american football coach.
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