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Mark Dean (American Football)
Mark Dean (October 20, 1917 – April 5, 2006) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Austin Junior College (1946–1947), Superior State Teacher's College (1948–1950) and Indiana State University (1951–1954, 1956). Playing career Dean played football as a halfback at Northern Illinois University from 1935 through 1937; in addition, he spent one season as a member of the Huskies JV basketball team. Coaching career Dean began his coaching career in 1938 in West Des Moines, Iowa; after four years, he then moved on to Roodhouse High School in Roodhouse, Illinois, tallying a mark of 8–0, winning the 1942 conference title. He moved on to Jacksonville High School in Jacksonville, Illinois for the 1943 season and led the Crimson to a record of 4–4–1. From 1944 to 1945, Dean was a member of the U.S. Navy and coached the 16th Fleet basketball team. Following World War II, Dean accepted the head coaching position at Austin Jun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pecatonica, Illinois
Pecatonica is a village in Winnebago County, Illinois, United States. It is part of the Rockford, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,195 at the 2010 census, up from 1,997 in 2000. History The village was named after the Pecatonica River, which forms its northern border. The word ''Pecatonica'' is an anglicization of two Algonquian language words; ''Bekaa'' (or ''Pekaa'' in certain dialects), which means ''slow'' and ''niba'', which means ''water''; forming the conjunction ''Bekaaniba'' or ''Slow Water''. Civil War records from the state of Illinois include soldiers from Lysander, the area's common name before incorporation by rail speculators. The Galena and Chicago Union Railroad, later the Chicago & North Western Railroad, came through in 1853 from Chicago and continued to Freeport, Illinois. That sparked the town to be the center of commerce for western Winnebago County. The Village of Pecatonica was incorporated in 1869, built on territory ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |