Ken Gleason

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Ken Gleason
Playing career
Football
1935–1937Fresno State
c. 1943Saint Mary's Pre-Flight
PositionFullback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1938Fowler HS (CA)
1945Hutchinson NAS
1946Fresno State (assistant)
1947–1948Fresno State
Baseball
1947Fresno State
Head coaching record
Overall6–12–3 (college football)
9–20 (college baseball)
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame

Kenneth Gleason was an American football player and coach of football and baseball. He served as the head football coach at Fresno State College—now known as California State University, Fresno—from 1947 to 1948, compiling a record of 6–12–3. Bradshaw was also the head baseball coach as Fresno state in 1947, tallying a mark of 9–20. A native of Santa Cruz, California, he played college football at Fresno State, lettering as a fullback from 1935 to 1937. In 1938, Bradshaw was appointed head football coach at Fowler High School in Fowler, California.[1] During World War II, he served in the United States Navy, playing with the Saint Mary's Pre-Flight Air Devils football team before coaching undefeated football team in 1945 at a naval air station in Hutchinson, Kansas. He returned to Fresno State in 1946 as an assistant football coach, working under head coach James Bradshaw.[2]

Head coaching record

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College football

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Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Fresno State Bulldogs (California Collegiate Athletic Association) (1947–1948)
1947 Fresno State 3–6–2 2–1–2 3rd
1948 Fresno State 3–6–1 2–3 T–3rd
Fresno State: 6–12–3 4–4–2
Total: 6–12–3

References

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