Biographical details | |
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Born | Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S. | April 4, 1915
Died | January 27, 1987 Langhorne, Pennsylvania, U.S. | (aged 71)
Playing career | |
1936–1938 | Dartmouth |
Position(s) | Guard |
Coaching career ( HC unless noted) | |
1939–1941 | Cornell (assistant) |
1947–1949 | Brown (line) |
1950 | Brown |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 1–8 |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Awards | |
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Gregory George "Gus" Zitrides (April 4, 1915 – January 27, 1987) was an American college football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Brown University for one season, in 1950, compiling a record of 1–8. [1] Zitrides also spent time as an assistant coach at Brown and Cornell University. He played as a guard at Dartmouth under Earl Blaik from 1936 to 1938.
Born to a family of Greek descent, [2] Zitrides attended Central High School in Manchester, New Hampshire, where he played high school football from 1932 to 1935. [3] Zitrides then attended Dartmouth College, where he played for the football team as a guard from 1936 to 1938 under head coach Earl Blaik. [4]
Zitrides then served for three years as an assistant coach at Cornell University. [5] In 1942, Zitrides resigned his position to enter the United States Navy and earn a reserve commission through the V-5 program, which ran physical fitness programs around the country to train Navy pilots. [6]
After the War, Zitrides returned to his alma mater as a line coach in 1947 under head coach Rip Engle. [7] Before the 1950 season, Engle left to take over at Penn State, and he offered to bring along his assistants, Zitrides and Bill Doolittle. [8] Zitrides declined the offer because Brown University offered him the head coaching position. [8] Doolittle elected to remain at Brown as Zitrides's assistant. [8] Zitrides was relieved after recording only one win to eight losses in his first season. [9] [10]
After his coaching career, Zitrides entered government service in 1951, in which he worked until his retirement in 1973. [3] He died in Langhorne, Pennsylvania, on January 27, 1987, at the age of 71. [11] Manchester Central High School inducted him into its hall of fame in 1996. [3]
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Brown Bears (Independent) (1950) | |||||||||
1950 | Brown | 1–8 | |||||||
Brown: | 1–8 | ||||||||
Total: | 1–8 |