Jack Boone

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Jack Boone

Boone pictured in The Buccaneer 1956, ECU yearbook
Sport(s) Football, baseball
Biographical details
Born (1918-05-28)May 28, 1918
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina
Died February 6, 1984(1984-02-06) (aged 65)
Greenville, North Carolina
Playing career
c. 1940
1942
Elon
Cleveland Rams
Position(s) Back
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
19521961

Baseball
19481952

East Carolina


East Carolina
Head coaching record
Overall 49455 (football)
38232 (baseball)
Statistics
College Football Data Warehouse

Robert Lee "Jack" Boone (May 28, 1918 February 6, 1984) was an American football player and coach. He became the ninth head football coach for East Carolina Teachers College in 1952. In 1952 the Pirates saw their first action in the postseason when they played Clarion State College in the Lions Bowl, but lost 136. In 1953, the Pirates became the North State Conference Champions and played in the Elks Bowl. They lost 120 to Morris Harvey College. Boone's football coaching career lasted 10 years. He compiled a 49455 record. In 1953, Boone was named as the Coach of the Year in the North State Conference after his team finished 82.

Before football, Boone was the head baseball coach starting in 1948. His baseball team posted a 38232 record in three seasons for a .623 winning percentage.

Boone was a native of Portsmouth, Virginia, and was inducted into the ECU Hall of Fame in 1981. He died in February 1984 at Pitt County Memorial Hospital in Greenville, North Carolina.[1]

Head coaching record

Football

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs Coaches# AP°
1952 East Carolina 632
1953 East Carolina 82
1954 East Carolina 541
1955 East Carolina 45
1956 East Carolina 261
1957 East Carolina 18
1958 East Carolina 64
1959 East Carolina 56
1960 East Carolina 73
1961 East Carolina 541
Total: 49455
Indicates BCS bowl, Bowl Alliance or Bowl Coalition game. #Rankings from final Coaches' Poll.

References

  1. AP (February 9, 1984). "Ex-Pirate coach Boonie Dies". Star-News. Retrieved January 30, 2011. 

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