Alpha Jamison
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| File:Alpha Jamison.jpg Jamison from 1897 Purdue yearbook | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 27, 1875 Lafayette, Indiana, U.S. |
| Died | April 12, 1962 (aged 86) Lafayette, Indiana, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1892–1896 | Purdue |
| Positions | Halfback, fullback, quarterback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1898–1900 | Purdue |
| Basketball | |
| 1899–1901 | Purdue |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 11–11–1 (football) 12–1 (basketball) |
| Women's Basketball Hall of Fame | |
Alpha Pierce Jamison (November 27, 1875 – April 12, 1962)[1][2][3] was an American football player and coach of football and basketball. He served as the head football coach at Purdue University from 1898 to 1900, compiling a record of 11–11–1. Jamison was also the head basketball coach at Purdue for two seasons from 1899 to 1901, tallying a mark of 12–1.
Head coaching record
[edit | edit source]Football
[edit | edit source]| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Purdue Boilermakers (Western Conference) (1898–1900) | |||||||||
| 1898 | Purdue | 3–3 | 0–1 | 6th | |||||
| 1899 | Purdue | 4–4–1 | 1–2 | 5th | |||||
| 1900 | Purdue | 4–4 | 0–4 | 9th | |||||
| Purdue: | 11–11–1 | 1–7 | |||||||
| Total: | 11–11–1 | ||||||||
Basketball
[edit | edit source]| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Purdue Boilermakers (Western Conference) (1899–1901) | |||||||||
| 1899–1900 | Purdue | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3rd† | |||||
| 1900–01 | Purdue | 12–0 | 2–0 | 1st† | |||||
| Purdue: | 12–1 (.923) | ||||||||
| Total: | 12–1 (.923) | ||||||||
† Intramural play only; the conference did not have an official championship winner
References
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- ^ "Rites Today For Ex-Purdue Athlete", Logansport Press, April 14, 1962, Logansport, Indiana
External links
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- 1875 births
- 1962 deaths
- 19th-century players of American football
- American football fullbacks
- American football halfbacks
- American football quarterbacks
- Basketball coaches from Indiana
- Purdue Boilermakers football coaches
- Purdue Boilermakers football players
- Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball coaches
- Sportspeople from Lafayette, Indiana
- Players of American football from Indiana
- College football coaches first appointed in the 1890s stubs
- American basketball coach stubs