About Ronald J. Slay
Lived 1890 – 1948 (aged 57). Ronald J. Slay was an american football coach.
Ronald J. Slay (November 15, 1890 – September 18, 1948) was an American college football, college basketball, and college baseball coach, athletics administrator, and educator. A teacher of science and modern language, he was appointed by the faculty of Mississippi Normal College—now known as the University of Southern Mississippi—in Hattiesburg, Mississippi as school's first head football coach in 1912. He served in that capacity for one season, compiling a record of 2–1. Slay was also the head basketball coach at Mississippi Normal in 1912–13 and from 1918 to 1920, tallying a mark of 9–7, and the school's head baseball coach from 1914 to 1916 and in 1919, tallying a mark 4–5.
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Who was Ronald J. Slay?
American football, basketball, and baseball coach
When was Ronald J. Slay born?
Ronald J. Slay was born on 15 November 1890 in Purvis.
When did Ronald J. Slay die?
Ronald J. Slay died on 18 September 1948 in New York City.
What was Ronald J. Slay's occupation?
Ronald J. Slay was an american football coach.
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