N. M. Jorgensen
American football administrator
About N. M. Jorgensen
Lived 1909 – 1988 (aged 78).
Nephi Moroni Jorgensen (October 23, 1909 – January 11, 1988) was an American football coach and college athletic administrator. He served as the head football coach at Defiance College in Defiance, Ohio from 1939 to 1940. In 1947 Dr. Jorgensen became the first athletic director at East Carolina Teachers College, which later became East Carolina University .He served in this position until 1963. He was inducted into the first class of the ECU Athletics Hall of Fame in 1974.
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Who was N. M. Jorgensen?
American football administrator (1909-1988)
When was N. M. Jorgensen born?
N. M. Jorgensen was born on 23 October 1909 in Ucon.
When did N. M. Jorgensen die?
N. M. Jorgensen died on 11 January 1988 in Greenville.
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