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Lee Patton
Lee Patton (April 3, 1904 – March 8, 1950) was an American college basketball coach. He was the head coach at West Virginia University from 1946 to 1950. He died of injuries sustained in a car accident on March 8, 1950, in Morgantown, West Virginia Morgantown is a city in and the county seat of Monongalia County, West Virginia, Monongalia County, West Virginia, United States, situated along the Monongahela River. The largest city in North-Central West Virginia, Morgantown is best known as th ... at age 45. References 1904 births 1950 deaths American men's basketball coaches West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball coaches Road incident deaths in West Virginia {{US-basketball-coach-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patton Lee
George Smith Patton Jr. (November 11, 1885 – December 21, 1945) was a General (United States), general in the United States Army who commanded the Seventh United States Army in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations, Mediterranean Theater of World War II, and the United States Army Central, Third United States Army in Western Front (World War II), France and Germany after the Allies of World War II, Allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944. Born in 1885, Patton attended the Virginia Military Institute and the United States Military Academy at West Point. He studied fencing and designed the Model 1913 Cavalry Saber, M1913 Cavalry Saber, more commonly known as the "Patton Saber". He competed in modern pentathlon in the Modern pentathlon at the 1912 Summer Olympics, 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. Patton entered combat during the Pancho Villa Expedition of 1916, the United States' first military action using motor vehicles. He fought in World War I as part of the ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
