Alvin Fred "Doggie" Julian (April 5, 1901 – July 28, 1967) was an

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, and

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player and coach. He served as the head basketball coach at

Muhlenberg College Muhlenberg College is a private liberal arts college in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1848, Muhlenberg College is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and is named for Henry Muhlenberg, the German patriarch of Luthera ...

from 1936 to 1945, at the

College of the Holy Cross The College of the Holy Cross is a private, Jesuit liberal arts college in Worcester, Massachusetts, about 40 miles (64 km) west of Boston. Founded in 1843, Holy Cross is the oldest Catholic college in New England and one of the oldest ...

from 1945 to 1948, and at

Dartmouth College Dartmouth College (; ) is a private research university in Hanover, New Hampshire. Established in 1769 by Eleazar Wheelock, it is one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution. Although founded to educate Native A ...

from 1950 to 1967, compiling a career

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record of 379–332. Julian led Holy Cross to the NCAA title in 1947. His team, which included later

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(NBA) great

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, almost repeated this feat in 1948, losing in the semifinals. Julian was engaged by the

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of the NBA after his college success, but he recorded only a 47–81 mark before he was dismissed in 1950. Julian was also the head football coach at

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from 1925 to 1928,

Albright College Albright College is a private liberal arts college in Reading, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1856. History Albright College traces its founding to 1856 when Union Seminary opened. Present-day Albright was formed by the mergers of several ins ...

from 1929 to 1930, and Mulhlenberg from 1936 to 1944, amassing a career

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record of 77–63–3. In addition, he served as Mulhlenberg's head baseball coach from 1942 to 1944, tallying a mark of 16–18. Julian was inducted into the

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as a coach in 1968.

Early life and playing career

Julian was born in

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. He attended

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, where he lettered in football, basketball, and baseball, and from which he graduated in 1923. From 1923 to 1926, Julian played minor league baseball with a number of clubs: the

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, the

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, the

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, the

Chambersburg Maroons The Chambersburg Maroons were a baseball team located in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. They called historic Henninger Field their home, and had done so since the club's creation in 1895. They played their last season in 2010, ending 116 years of ex ...

, and the

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Death

Julian died on July 28, 1967 at a nursing home in

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. He had suffered a stroke the previous December in

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while coaching Dartmouth in the Kodak Classic basketball tournament.

Head coaching record

College basketball

College football

High school football

References

External links

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Basketball-Reference.com profile
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Early life and playing career

Death

Head coaching record

College basketball

College football

High school football

See also

References

External links