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Nibs Price

1889 – 1968

American football and basketball coach

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Lived 1889 – 1968 (aged 78). Nibs Price was an American baseball player and basketball coach.

Clarence Merle "Nibs" Price (April 26, 1889 – January 13, 1968) was an American basketball and football coach. After coaching at San Diego High School, he served as the head football coach at the University of California, Berkeley from 1926 to 1930, compiling the a record of 27–17–3, and the head men's basketball coach at Berkeley from 1924 to 1954, tallying a mark of 453–294. He led the 1946 basketball team to the Final Four. Succeeding Andy Smith as Cal's football coach, Price guided the Golden Bears to the 1929 Rose Bowl, a game infamous for Roy Riegels's wrong-way run. His 1926–27 basketball team finished the season with a 17–0 record and was retroactively named the top team of the season by the Premo-Porretta Power Poll. Price died on January 13, 1968, at the age of 77 in Oakland, California.

Head coaching record College football The 1929 California Golden Bears football team was invited to the White House during their October trip to play at Penn. Price and U.S. president Herbert Hoover are in the center looking on another.

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San Diego High School

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Nibs Price?

American football and basketball coach (1889–1968)

When was Nibs Price born?

Nibs Price was born on 26 April 1889 in Minnesota.

When did Nibs Price die?

Nibs Price died on 13 January 1968 in Oakland.

What was Nibs Price's occupation?

Nibs Price was a baseball player and basketball coach.

What nationality was Nibs Price?

Nibs Price was American.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Nibs Price

· Wikidata: Q7024239

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