Trevor J. Rees (October 22, 1913 – January 2, 1999) was an

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player, coach, and college athletics administrator. Rees was born on October 22, 1913, in Dover, Ohio. He attended Dover High School, where he succeeded as a multi-sport star athlete, graduating in 1932. He played

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from 1933 to 1935. Rees served as the head football coach at

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from 1946 to 1963, compiling a record of 92–63–5. His 92 wins are the most of any head coach in the history of the

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program. Rees was also the

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at Kent State from 1946 to 1956. He entered the

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in 1942 and worked as an ends coach with the

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under Bernie Bierman. He also established sports programs at four bases in South America during

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. He died on January 2, 1999, at his home in

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