H. O. Crisler papers 1922-1978

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H. O. Crisler papers 1922-1978

Football coach, 1938-1948, ad Athetic Director at the University of Michigan, 1941-1968. Papers include correspondence and other papers concerning his career at the University of Chicago, the University of Minnesota, Princeton University, and the University of Michigan; materials concerning his work and association with the National Collegiate Athletic Association rules committee, 1942-1977, the Intercollegiate (Big Ten) Conference, and the University's Board in Control of Intercollegiate Activities; also include materials relating to University of Chicago football coach, Amos Alonzo Stagg, Ralph Young, athletic director at Michigan State University, and the founding and first years of the American Football League; and photographs.

8 linear ft., 7 v. [outsize], 1 outsize folder, and 2 outsize films.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6389664

Bentley Historical Library

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University of Minnesota

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Young, Ralph

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University of Michigan.

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Stagg, Amos Alonzo, 1862-1965

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Athlete, educator. Great baseball player at Yale College (1880s). Attended Springfield College, a YMCA training school, became coach at University of Chicago (1892). A founder of Western Athletic Conference, National Collegiate Athletic Association and American Football Coaches Association. Member of U. S. Olympic Committee (1916-32). Retired after forty-one years at University of Chicago and became coach at College of the Pacific, Stockton, Calif. (1933-1946). Left C. O. P. and became coach at ...

Michigan State University

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Crisler, H. O. (Herbert Orin), 1899-1982.

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University of Chicago.

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