Rex Gary

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Rex Gary
Biographical details
Born(1893-02-28)February 28, 1893
Died(1968-05-04)May 4, 1968
Sarasota, Florida, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1913–1914Illinois College
PositionQuarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1919–1920Wheaton (IL)
Basketball
1919–1921Wheaton (IL)
Baseball
1921Wheaton (IL)
Head coaching record
Overall6–6 (football)
17–7 (basketball)
3–7 (baseball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football
1 IIAC (1920)
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame

Rex Inglis Gary Sr. (February 28, 1893 – May 4, 1968) was an American college football, college basketball, and college baseball coach, executive for the Boy Scouts of America, and United States Army officer. He served as the head football coach at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois for two seasons, from 1919 to 1920, compiling a record of 6–6.[1][2] Gary was also the head basketball coach at Wheaton for two seasons, from 1919 to 1921, tallying a mark of 17–7, and the school's baseball coach in 1921, leading his team to a record of 3–7.[3][4]

Gary attended Alton High School in Alton, Illinois, where he played football. He then went to Illinois College in Jacksonville, Illinois, where he played football as a quarterback in 1913 and 1914.[5][6] In 1919, Gary, then a U.S. Army lieutenant, was listed as slighted wounded by the United States Department of War.[7]

In 1935, Gary left St. Joseph, Missouri to work for the Boy Scouts's Valley Forge Council of Philadelphia. He was later executive of the Pony Express Council of the Boy Scouts of America. Gary was killed on May 4, 1968, in an automobile accident in Sarasota, Florida.[8] He was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.[9]

Head coaching record

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Football

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Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Wheaton Crusaders (Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1919–1920)
1919 Wheaton 2–3
1920 Wheaton 4–3 T–1st
Wheaton: 6–6
Total: 6–6
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

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Basketball

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Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Wheaton Crusaders (Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1919–1921)
1919–20 Wheaton 13–4
1920–21 Wheaton 4–3
Wheaton: 17–7
Total: 17–7

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References

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