About Royce Purinton
Lived 1877 – 1919 (aged 41). Royce Purinton was an american football coach.
Royce Davis Purinton (October 27, 1877 – March 25, 1919) was an American college football coach. He served as the head football coach at Bates College in 1902 and from 1904 to 1917. He also coached the Bates baseball team from 1902 to 1917.
Biography Purinton was born in West Bowdoin, Maine to Nathaniel S. and Jennie (Williams) Purinton. His father was the private secretary to three governors of Maine. He began his coaching career at Bates in 1902. He did not return the following season, but was brought back in 1904. In 1906, he was named physical director of the college. In February 1918, he went to France to work as a physical director for the YMCA. He returned to Bates in January 1919. He was survived by his wife, the former Rena A. Dresser of Turner, Maine and a son, Royce Jr. Their daughter, Frances, died of the spanish flu in 1918.
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Who was Royce Purinton?
American football coach
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Royce Purinton was born on 27 October 1877 in Bowdoinham.
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Royce Purinton died on 25 March 1919 in Lewiston.
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Royce Purinton was an american football coach.
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