Hank Day
American football and baseball player and coach
About Hank Day
Lived 1892 – 1955 (aged 62). Hank Day was an American american football player, coach and teacher.
Leroy P. "Hank" Day (December 29, 1892 – April 18, 1955) was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Washington & Jefferson College in Washington, Pennsylvania from 1932 to 1936, compiling a record of 20–22–2. Day attended Washington & Jefferson and played college football in 1914 for head coach Bob Folwell. After graduating in 1915, he was the head football coach at Washington High School from 1916 to 1931. Day left Washington & Jefferson in 1937 and spent ten years as the head football coach at Farrell High School in Farrell, Pennsylvania. He returned to Washington High School as head football coach in 1947. After three more seasons at Washington High School, Day's contact was not renewed in the spring of 1950. He tallied records of 101–15–9 during his first stint at Washington High School, 49–28–7 at Farrell, and 3–23 in his final run at Washington. He was later a grade school principal.
Day was born on December 29, 1892, in Morris Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania, to S. Linn and Clara Patterson Day. He died on April 18, 1955, at Washington Hospital in Washington, Pennsylvania.
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Who was Hank Day?
American football and baseball player and coach (1875–1910)
When was Hank Day born?
Hank Day was born on 29 December 1892 in Morris Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania.
When did Hank Day die?
Hank Day died on 18 April 1955 in Washington, Pennsylvania.
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Hank Day was an american football player, coach and teacher.
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Hank Day was American.
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