Harlan Page
American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach, college athletics administrator
About Harlan Page
Lived 1887 – 1965 (aged 78). Harlan Page was an American baseball player, basketball coach, basketball player and american football player.
Harlan Orville "Pat" Page (March 20, 1887 – November 23, 1965) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach. He was one of basketball's first star players in the early 1900s. The 5'9" Chicago native played guard at the University of Chicago (1906–1910) and was known as a defensive specialist. While leading Chicago to three national championships (1907–1909), the Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively named him an All-American each time and named National Player of the Year in 1910. Page also played football at Chicago. Walter Camp selected him as a second-team All-American at the end in 1908 and a third-team All-American at the same position in 1909.
Following his playing days, Page embarked on a coaching career. He served as the head basketball coach at the University of Chicago (1911–1920), Butler University (1920–1925) and the College of Idaho (1936–1938), compiling a career college basketball record of 269–140. In 1924, he coached Butler to the AAU title. Page was also the head football coach at Butler from 1920 to 1925, at Indiana University from 1926 to 1930 and at the College of Idaho from 1936 to 1937, tallying a career college football mark of 58–46–7. In addition, Page coached baseball at the University of Chicago from 1913 to 1920 and again in 1931, amassing a record of 63–35. In 1962, he was enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a player.
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Who was Harlan Page?
American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach, college athletics administrator (1887-1965)
When was Harlan Page born?
Harlan Page was born on 20 March 1887 in Chicago.
When did Harlan Page die?
Harlan Page died on 23 November 1965 in Watervliet.
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Harlan Page was a baseball player, basketball coach, basketball player and american football player.
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Harlan Page was American.
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