Katy Easterday

Roy Alexander "Katy" Easterday (June 29, 1894 – May 26, 1976) was an American football and basketball player, track and field athlete, coach, college athletics administrator, and dentist. He played at the halfback position for the Pittsburgh Panthers football teams from 1917 to 1918 and was selected as an All-American in 1918. Easterday served as the head football coach at Simmons College (now known as Hardin–Simmons University) in Abilene, Texas from 1919 to 1920, Bethany College in Bethany, West Virginia from 1922 to 1923, and Waynesburg College (now known as Waynesburg University) in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania from 1925 to 1927, compiling a career college football head coaching record of 25–29–8.

Early life and playing career Easterday was born in Lisbon, Ohio. He was an all-state basketball player and held the state record in the pole vault. As a senior in 1918, Easterday was selected as a first-team All-American by Tom Thorpe, sports editor of The New York Times, and Robert "Tiny" Maxwell, sports editor of The Philadelphia Inquirer. The dental students on the 1917 team included Easterday, Skip Gougler, "Tank" McLaren, "Jake" Stahl. and Jock Sutherland.

Easterday also ran track at Pitt and played for the university's basketball teams, serving as the team captain in 1917.

Coaching career Easterday graduated from Pitt in 1919 with a degree in dentistry. He passed his state dentistry examination but opted to pursue a career in coaching.

From 1929 to 1933, Easterday coached football and basketball at Kittanning High School, located 44 miles (71 km) northeast of Pittsburgh. He coached the Kittanning Wildcats to their first undefeated, untied season in which they allowed only 12 points scored against them the entire year. He was also one of the organizers of the Butler County Safety Council. Easterday was married to Myrtle Christian, and the couple had a daughter.

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