Prink Callison
American football player and coach
About Prink Callison
Lived 1899 – 1986 (aged 86). Prink Callison was an American basketball coach and american football player.
Prince Gary "Prink" Callison (August 15, 1899 – June 17, 1986) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at the University of Oregon from 1932 to 1937, compiling a record of 33–23–2. In 1933, Callison led the program to its second championship of the Pacific Coast Conference.
Early career Callison played college football at Oregon from 1920 to 1922. He then became the head football and basketball coach at Medford High School, leading the boys' basketball team to Oregon state championships in 1924 and 1929.
Head coach at Oregon The Ducks hired Callison in 1932. In 1933, he coached the Ducks to a 9–1 record and a tie for the Pacific Coast Conference championship with Stanford. Since the two schools did not meet head-to-head, the decision of which team would play in the Rose Bowl had to be made by the committee. They chose Stanford, on the strength of the school's victory over USC, the only team to have beaten Oregon that year. 1933 was Callison's best year as the Ducks finished no higher than fourth in the next four seasons. He resigned after the 1937 season. He had been named to the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 1981.
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Who was Prink Callison?
American football player and coach (1899-1986)
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Prink Callison was born on 15 August 1899.
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Prink Callison died on 17 June 1986 in Laguna Hills.
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Prink Callison was a basketball coach and american football player.
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Prink Callison was American.
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