About Robert Brownson
Lived 1923 – 1975 (aged 51–52). Robert Brownson was an American basketball coach.
Robert W. Brownson (December 19, 1922 – October 17, 1975) was an American football and basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at Ashland College—now known as Ashland University—in Ashland, Ohio from 1954 to 1957, compiling a record of 21–10–1. Brownson was also the head basketball coach at Ashland from 1954 to 1958, tallying a mark of 28–45. He was the athletic director at Ashland from 1959 to 1971.
Brownson died on at the age of 52, on October 17, 1975, at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Who was Robert Brownson?
American football and basketball coach (1922–1975)
When was Robert Brownson born?
Robert Brownson was born in 1923.
When did Robert Brownson die?
Robert Brownson died on 17 October 1975 in Cleveland.
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Robert Brownson was a basketball coach.
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Robert Brownson was American.
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