Alpha Pierce Jamison (November 27, 1875 – April 12, 1962)
["Rites Today For Ex-Purdue Athlete", ''Logansport Press'', April 14, 1962, Logansport, Indiana] was an
American football
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player and coach of football and
basketball
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. He served as the head football coach at
Purdue University
Purdue University is a public land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, and the flagship campus of the Purdue University system. The university was founded in 1869 after Lafayette businessman John Purdue donated land and money ...
from 1898 to 1900, compiling a record of 11–11–1. Jamison was also the head basketball coach at Purdue for two seasons from 1899 to 1901, tallying a mark of 12–1.
Head coaching record
Football
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1875 births
1962 deaths
19th-century players of American football
American football fullbacks
American football halfbacks
American football quarterbacks
Basketball coaches from Indiana
Purdue Boilermakers football coaches
Purdue Boilermakers football players
Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball coaches
Sportspeople from Lafayette, Indiana
Players of American football from Indiana
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