Harlan Orville "Pat" Page (March 20, 1887 – November 23, 1965) was an
American football
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,
basketball
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, and
baseball
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player and coach. He was one of basketball's first star players in the early 1900s. The 5'9"
Chicago
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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native played
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at the
University of Chicago
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(1906–1910) and was known as a defensive specialist. While leading Chicago to three national championships (1908–1910), the
Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively named him an
All-American each time and named National Player of the Year in 1910. Page also played football at Chicago.
Walter Camp
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selected him as a second-team
All-American at the
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in 1908 and a third-team All-American at the same position in 1909.
Following his playing days, Page embarked on a coaching career. He served as the head basketball coach at the University of Chicago (1911–1920),
Butler University
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(1920–1925) and the
College of Idaho
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(1936–1938), compiling a career
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record of 269–140. In 1924, he coached Butler to the
AAU title. Page was also the head football coach at Butler from 1920 to 1925, at
Indiana University
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from 1926 to 1930 and at Albertson College (now known as the
College of Idaho
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) from 1936 to 1937, tallying a career
college football mark of 58–46–7. In addition, Page coached baseball at the University of Chicago from 1913 to 1920 and again in 1931, amassing a record of 63–35.
In 1962, he was enshrined in the
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a player.
Head coaching record
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Basketball
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1887 births
1965 deaths
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