Jesse Samuel Burbage (February 22, 1894 – December 5, 1957) was an American
basketball
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player and coach. He was a four-year starter at the guard position for the
Auburn Tigers
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from 1914 to 1918. Burbage served as the head coach of the
Trinity Blue and White (now the Duke Blue Devils) from 1922 to 1924.
Burbage later served as an Army colonel. Circa 1951, he became administrator of the City-County Hospital in
Tuskegee, Alabama
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, where he would serve for six years until his death. He died on December 5, 1957, at
Huntsville Hospital
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.
Head coaching record
Football
References
External links
J.S. Burbageat Sports-Reference.com
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1894 births
1957 deaths
American hospital administrators
American men's basketball players
Guards (basketball)
Auburn Tigers men's basketball players
Duke Blue Devils men's basketball coaches
Florida Southern Moccasins men's basketball coaches
Florida Southern Moccasins football coaches
United States Army colonels
People from Shelbyville, Kentucky
Sportspeople from the Louisville metropolitan area