About Paul R. Calvert
Lived 1908 – 1990 (aged 82). Paul R. Calvert was an American american football player.
Paul Robert Calvert (July 10, 1908 – November 23, 1990) was an American athlete and coach who was the head men's basketball and baseball coach at Lehigh University.
Career Calvert played end for the Purdue Boilermakers football team from 1929 to 1931. He began his coaching career in 1932, as an assistant to former Purdue aide Frank Carideo at Missouri. In 1933, he became the freshman football, basketball, and baseball coach at Lehigh. He was promoted to varsity men's basketball coach in 1937. Over four seasons, he compiled a 27–35 record. From 1938 to 1941, he was Lehigh's varsity baseball coach and amassed an 18–40 record. Calvert left Lehigh in 1941 and served as an assistant football coach at Moravian College that fall.
Personal life In 1934, Calvert married Lillian Makar of East Chicago, Indiana. They were both graduates of Purdue University. Calvert died on November 23, 1990.
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Who was Paul R. Calvert?
American athlete and coach (1908–1990)
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Paul R. Calvert was born on 10 July 1908.
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Paul R. Calvert died on 23 November 1990.
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Paul R. Calvert was an american football player.
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Paul R. Calvert was American.
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