Biographical details | |
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Born | Cherokee, Iowa, U.S. | December 27, 1893
Died | September 22, 1948 Los Angeles, California, U.S. | (aged 54)
Playing career | |
Football | |
1914–1915 | Coe |
Coaching career ( HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1919 | Des Moines |
1920 | Fairmount |
1921 | University Farm |
Basketball | |
1920–1921 | Fairmount |
1921–1922 | University Farm |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 11–9–3 (football) 18–7 (basketball) |
Wilmer Dale Elfrink (December 27, 1893 – September 22, 1948) was an American football and basketball coach. [1]
Elfrink played sports while attending Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He was a key player on the football team of 1914 under head coach Moray Eby that the college considers to be one of the best teams the school fielded of all time. [2]
Elfrink was the 12th head football coach at Fairmount College—known as now Wichita State University— Wichita, Kansas, serving for one season, in 1920 season, and compiling a record of 3–4–2. [3] He also served that academic year as head basketball coach, leading his team to a record of 16–2. [4]
The next year, Elfrink became the head football coach at the University Farm—now known as the University of California, Davis—for the 1921 season. [5]
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Des Moines Tigers (Independent) (1919) | |||||||||
1919 | Des Moines | 5–1–1 | |||||||
Des Moines: | 5–1–1 | ||||||||
Fairmount Wheatshockers (Independent) (1920) | |||||||||
1920 | Fairmount | 3–4–2 | |||||||
Fairmount: | 3–4–2 | ||||||||
University Farm (Independent) (1921) | |||||||||
1921 | University Farm | 3–4 | |||||||
University Farm: | 3–4 | ||||||||
Total: | 11–9–3 |