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Mike Ahearn

1878 – 1948

American football, basketball, and baseball player, coach, college athletics administrator, and professor

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Lived 1878 – 1948 (aged 69). Mike Ahearn was an American baseball player and basketball coach.

Michael Francis Ahearn (November 28, 1878 – February 5, 1948) was an American athlete and college athletics administrator. Ahearn played and coached American football, basketball, and baseball, and was a college professor and athletic director at Kansas State Agricultural College—now known as Kansas State University. He also helped guide the evolution of the rules of modern football, serving ten years on the college football rules committee (1922–1931), initially under Secretary Walter Camp and alongside Amos Alonzo Stagg. Ahearn died on February 5, 1948, in Manhattan, Kansas.

Legacy Kansas State honored Ahearn's coaching success in 1911 by naming its first on-campus athletic field Ahearn Field. The location is the current site of Memorial Stadium. The school further honored his memory in 1950 with the opening of Ahearn Field House, which used to house the school's volleyball and indoor track and field teams, and was home to the Kansas State basketball teams from 1950 to 1988.

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Education
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Employers
Kansas State University
Also known as
Michael Francis Ahearn

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Mike Ahearn?

American football, basketball, and baseball player, coach, college athletics administrator, and professor

When was Mike Ahearn born?

Mike Ahearn was born on 28 November 1878 in Rotherham.

When did Mike Ahearn die?

Mike Ahearn died on 5 February 1948 in Manhattan.

What was Mike Ahearn's occupation?

Mike Ahearn was a baseball player and basketball coach.

What nationality was Mike Ahearn?

Mike Ahearn was American.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Mike Ahearn

· Wikidata: Q15997585

· DBpedia: Mike Ahearn

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