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Donald Robert Ingalls (January 17, 1919 – April 8, 1970) was an
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player and coach. He played
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at the
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and was chosen by conference coaches as a second-team player on the Associated Press All-Big Ten Conference team in 1940. He was drafted by the
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in the 18th round of the
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and played professionally in the
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(NFL) for the Packers for one season, in 1942. Ingalls served as an assistant football coach at Nebraska in the 1940s. He served as the head football coach at the
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from 1952 to 1963, compiling a record of 49–54–3. He died on April 8, 1970 at Windham Community Hospital in
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