Crip Toomey

Crip Toomey
Sport(s) Football, basketball, baseball
Biographical details
Born November 10, 1895
Fresno, California
Died June 28, 1961
Woodland, California
Playing career
Football
1919–1921

Baseball
c. 1920

California


California
Position(s) Halfback (football)
Catcher (baseball)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1928–1936

Basketball
1928–1936

UC Davis


UC Davis
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1928–1961 UC Davis
Head coaching record
Overall 24–42–8 (football)
55–89 (basketball)

Statistics

Accomplishments and honors

Championships

Football
1 Far Western (1929)

Irving Francis "Crip" Toomey (November 10, 1895 – June 28, 1961) was an American football and baseball player, coach of football and basketball, and college athletics administrator. He attended the University of California, Berkeley, where he played college football as a halfback on Andy Smith's California Golden Bears football teams from 1919 to 1921. Toomey served as the head football coach at the Northern Branch of the College of Agriculture—now the University of California, Davis (UC Davis)—from 1928 to 1936, compiling a record of 24–42–8. He was also the head basketball coach there from 1928 to 1936, tallying a mark of 55–89. Toomey served as the athletic director at UC Davis from 1928 until his death in 1961.

Toomey was born on November 10, 1895 in Fresno, California and attended Fresno High School. He served as a lieutenant in the United States Army during World War I. He died on June 28, 1961 at the Woodland Clinic Memorial Hospital in Woodland, California.[1]

References

  1. "Irving Francis Toomey, Physical Education: Davis". Calisphere. The Regents of The University of California. Retrieved October 13, 2014.

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