James A. "Bucky" Freeman (July 19, 1895 – December 25, 1987) was an
American football and
baseball coach.
Coaching career
Football
Freeman was the second head football coach at
Ithaca College in
Ithaca, New York. He held that position for 13 seasons, from 1931 until 1946, with exception of the years 1944–1945, when the school did not field a team due to
World War II. His coaching record at Ithaca was 36–32–6.
Baseball
Freeman was also the baseball coach at Ithaca, from 1931 through the 1965 season. He was only the second coach to hold the position, and included an appearance in the
1962 College World Series
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. His teams combined for a career winning percentage of with a record of 281–82–2. As coach he led his teams to four
NCAA tournament appearances at a time when all NCAA teams played in the same division.
Freeman later coached at
Cornell
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and was inducted into the
American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame.
Head coaching record
References
1895 births
1987 deaths
Ithaca Bombers baseball coaches
Ithaca Bombers football coaches
People from Bergen, New York
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