| Leo DeTray | |
| File:Leo DeTray, University of Chicago.jpg | |
| Sport(s) | Football, basketball |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born | November 20, 1888 near Newark, Ohio |
| Died | October 9, 1967 (aged 83) San Pierre, Indiana |
| Playing career | |
| Position(s) | Halfback |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 10–5–2 (football) 10–10 (basketball) |
Leo Carter DeTray (November 20, 1888 – October 9, 1967) was an American football player and coach of football and basketball. He served as the head football the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) in 1912 and at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois from 1915 to 1916, compiling a career college football coaching record of 10–5–2. DeTray was also the head basketball coach at Knox from 1915 to 1917, tallying a mark of 10–10.
DeTray was a letterman at the University of Chicago competing as a halfback during his tenure with the Maroons between 1904 and 1907.[1] He served as the head football coach at the University of Mississippi in 1912, where he compiled a record of 5–3 during his lone season.[2]
DeTray later worked as a purchasing agent for an oil company based in Texas. He died on October 9, 1967, at the Little Company of Mary nursing home in San Pierre, Indiana.[3]
Head coaching record[]
Football[]
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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| Ole Miss Rebels (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1912) | |||||||||
| 1912 | Ole Miss | 5–3 | 2–2 | 11th | |||||
| Ole Miss: | 5–3 | 2–2 | |||||||
| Knox Prairie Fire (Independent) (1915–1916) | |||||||||
| 1915 | Knox | 1–1 | |||||||
| 1916 | Knox | 4–1–2 | |||||||
| Knox: | 5–2–2 | ||||||||
| Total: | 10–5–2 | ||||||||
| †Indicates BCS bowl, Bowl Alliance or Bowl Coalition game. | |||||||||
References[]
- ↑ "Will have a heavy team: Leo DeTray will captain a promising bunch of husky Maroons next season". The Pittsburgh Press. December 1, 1906. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1144&dat=19061201&id=dBIbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uUgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1618,66550. Retrieved August 31, 2011.
- ↑ 2010 Ole Miss Football Guide. Oxford, Mississippi: University of Mississippi Athletics Media Relations Office. 2010. p. 169. http://issuu.com/olemisssports/docs/2010_olemiss_fb_guide2. Retrieved August 31, 2011.
- ↑ "Ex-Maroon Star, De Tray, Dead at 78". Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois): p. 52. October 9, 1967. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/24737604/chicago_tribune/.
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