Ewing Young "Big 'un" Freeland (January 1, 1887 – August 15, 1953) was an

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and

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player and coach of football,

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, and baseball. He served as the head football coach at

Daniel Baker College Daniel Baker College was founded April 5, 1889 in Brownwood, Texas, United States. It was named in memory of the Rev. Dr. Daniel Baker, a Presbyterian circuit-riding minister, who helped organize the first presbytery in Texas in 1840 and Austin ...

(1912–1914),

Texas Christian University Texas Christian University (TCU) is a private research university in Fort Worth, Texas. It was established in 1873 by brothers Addison and Randolph Clark as the Add-Ran Male & Female College. It is affiliated with the Christian Church (Disciples ...

(1915),

Austin College Austin College is a private liberal arts college affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA) and located in Sherman, Texas.Millsaps College Millsaps College is a private liberal arts college in Jackson, Mississippi. It was founded in 1890 and is affiliated with the United Methodist Church. History The college was founded in 1889–90 by a Confederate veteran, Major Reuben Webster M ...

(1921),

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(1922–1923, with

Ray Morrison J. Ray Morrison (February 28, 1885 – November 19, 1982) was an American football and baseball player and a coach of football, basketball, and baseball. He served as the head football coach at Southern Methodist University (1915–1916, 1922– ...

), and

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(1925–1928), compiling a career

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record of 77–49–16. Freeland was also the head basketball coach at TCU for one season in 1915–16 and at Millsaps for one season in 1921–22. In addition, he was the head baseball coach at TCU (1916), SMU (1923–1924), and Texas Tech (1926–1927), amassing a career

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record of 50–47–3.

Biography

Freeland was born on January 1, 1887, in Turnersville, Texas and died on August 15, 1953, in

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. He played football and baseball at

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, from which he graduated in 1912. He weighed some 200 pounds. He was nominated though not selected for an ''Associated Press'' All-Time Southeast 1869-1919 era team. In 1915, Freeland coached football at TCU, compiling a 4–5 record. In 1922 and 1923, Freeland co-coached the

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team with his former teammate at Vanderbilt,

. The two effectively shared the heading coaching duties, with Morrison focusing on the

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and

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, and Freeland mentoring the

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. In 1925, Freeland became the first coach of the

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team, then known as the Matadors. He coached football at Texas Tech from 1925 to 1928, where he had a 21–10–6 record. Freeland was also the first head coach of the

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team and Texas Tech's first athletic director. He is credited with designing Texas Tech's

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logo and had it put on the sweaters of football players.

Head coaching record

Football

Baseball

References

External links

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