Art Dufelmeier

Art Dufelmeier
Sport(s)	Football
Biographical details
Born	July 21, 1923(1923-07-21)
Died	February 4, 2010(2010-02-04) (aged 86)
Playing career
1942, 1946–1947	Illinois
Position(s)	Halfback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1960–1968	Western Illinois
Head coaching record
Overall	37–39–2
Statistics
College Football Data Warehouse

Arthur J. Dufelmeier (July 21, 1923 – February 4, 2010)^[1] was the head football coach for the Western Illinois University Leathernecks located in Macomb, Illinois and he held that position for nine seasons, from 1960 until 1968. His career coaching record at Western Illinois was 37 wins, 39 losses, and 2 ties. This ranks him eighth at Western Illinois in total wins and tenth at Western Illinois in winning percentage.^[2] Dufelmeier played football as a halfback at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign leading the Fighting Illini to a win at the 1947 Rose Bowl. He finished his coaching career at Havana High School, which now has its home field named for their legendary coach.

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Western Illinois Leathernecks head football coaches

Unknown (1903)
L. H. Laughlin (1904)
A. Laughlin (1905)
Oliver Dickerson (1906)
Coach Barnett (1907–1908)
Coach Taft (1909)
Oliver Dickerson (1910)
Albert Walrath (1911)
Unknown (1912–1913)
E. S. Dowell (1914)
Unknown (1915)
Erskine Jay (1916–1917)
No team (1918)
Erskine Jay (1919)
W. A. Cleveland (1920–1921)
Howard Hawkes (1922–1925)
Ray Hanson (1926–1941)
Wix Garner (1942–1943)
Bob Barnwell (1944)
Wix Garner (1945–1947)
Harold Ave (1948)
Vince DiFrancesca (1949–1953)
Wes Stevens (1954–1956)
Lou Saban (1957–1959)
Art Dufelmeier (1960–1968)
Darrell Mudra (1969–1973)
Brodie Westen (1974–1975)
Bill Shanahan (1976–1978)
Pete Rodriguez (1979–1982)
Bruce Craddock (1983–1989)
Randy Ball (1990–1998)
Don Patterson (1999–2009)
Mark Hendrickson (2008–)

Persondata
Name	Dufelmeier, Art
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Date of birth	July 21, 1923
Place of birth
Date of death	February 4, 2010
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