Jerry Dalrymple

Jerry Dalrymple
Sport(s) Football, basketball
Biographical details
Born August 6, 1907(1907-08-06)
Place of birth Arkadelphia, Arkansas
Died September 25, 1962(1962-09-25) (aged 55)
Place of death Little Rock, Arkansas
Playing career
Football
1929–1931

Tulane
Position(s) End
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1933–1934
1935
1937–1938

Basketball
1934–1935

Central Arkansas
Eastern New Mexico
Brown (ends)


Central Arkansas
Head coaching record
Overall 12–14–1 (football)
25–6–1 (basketball)
Statistics
College Football Data Warehouse
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
All-American, 1931
College Football Hall of Fame
Inducted in 1954 (profile)

Gerald R. "Jerry" Dalrymple (August 6, 1907 – September 25, 1962) was an American football player and coach of football and basketball in the United States. Dalrymple was All-Southern in sophomore year; All-American in his junior and senior year at Tulane University. In 1931, he was the only unanimous All-American in the country. As of 2010, he was still the only unanimous All-American from Tulane. In 1931, he was Tulane's football captain the year they went to the Rose Bowl. Later he went to Louisiana State University where he earned a master's degree in education. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1954.

Coaching career

Dalrymple was the second head football coach for Eastern New Mexico University in Portales, New Mexico and he held that position for the 1935 season. His overall coaching record at Eastern NMU was 7 wins, 4 losses, and 0 ties. This ranks him tenth at Eastern NMU in terms of total wins and second at Eastern NMU in terms of winning percentage.[1]

References

External links