Vincent Borleske

Raymond Vincent "Nig" Borleske (January 8, 1887 – January 2, 1957) was an American professional baseball player, college football player and coach, and athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington from 1915 to 1946.

Borleske was born in Albert Lea, Minnesota. He played football and baseball at Whitman from 1907 to 1909. He played in minor league baseball from 1910 to 1912, pitching for two teams in the Western Canada League.

Borleske began his coaching career in 1910, when he was hired as the football, basketball, and baseball coach at Broadway High School in Seattle. In 1912, he was appointed coach at Lincoln High School in Portland, Oregon. Three years later, in 1915, he returned to Whitman, succeeding Archie Hahn as athletic director and coach. Borleske also coached basketball and baseball at Whitman before leaving the school in 1947.

Borleske was the mayor of Walla Walla from 1948 to 1954. He died in Walla Walla on January 2, 1957, of a heart attack. He was the manager of the Marcus Whitman Hotel there at the time of his death. Borleske's brother, Stanley Borleske, was also a college athlete and coach.

Borleske was one of a number of American athletes in the first half of the 20th century to be nicknamed "Nig", being referred to as such in newspaper reports as early as September 1907.

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