Ralph Brown (football coach)
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Ralph Brown is a former American football
player and coach in the United States
.
in 1946 at Oklahoma A&M
. The next year he transferred to the University of Kansas
to play center
. He did not play his last two years of college because of a back injury.
in Topeka, Kansas
and he held that position for three seasons, from 1959 until 1961. His overall coaching record at Washburn was 9 wins, 18 losses, and 0 ties. As of completion of the 2006 season, this ranks him 16th at Washburn in terms of total wins and 27th at Washburn in terms of winning percentage.
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
player and coach in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
Playing career
Brown played fullbackFullback (American football)
A fullback is a position in the offensive backfield in American and Canadian football, and is one of the two running back positions along with the halfback...
in 1946 at Oklahoma A&M
Oklahoma State University–Stillwater
Oklahoma State University–Stillwater is a land-grant, sun-grant, coeducational public research university located in Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA. OSU was founded in 1890 under the Morrill Act...
. The next year he transferred to the University of Kansas
University of Kansas
The University of Kansas is a public research university and the largest university in the state of Kansas. KU campuses are located in Lawrence, Wichita, Overland Park, and Kansas City, Kansas with the main campus being located in Lawrence on Mount Oread, the highest point in Lawrence. The...
to play center
Center (American football)
Center is a position in American football and Canadian football . The center is the innermost lineman of the offensive line on a football team's offense...
. He did not play his last two years of college because of a back injury.
Coaching career
After working in the high school ranks and as an assistant coach in college, Brown was the 26th head football coach for Washburn UniversityWashburn University
Washburn University is a co-educational, public institution of higher learning in Topeka, Kansas, USA. It offers undergraduate and graduate programs, as well as professional programs in law and business. Washburn has 550 faculty members, who teach more than 6,400 undergraduate students and...
in Topeka, Kansas
Topeka, Kansas
Topeka |Kansa]]: Tó Pee Kuh) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Shawnee County. It is situated along the Kansas River in the central part of Shawnee County, located in northeast Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was...
and he held that position for three seasons, from 1959 until 1961. His overall coaching record at Washburn was 9 wins, 18 losses, and 0 ties. As of completion of the 2006 season, this ranks him 16th at Washburn in terms of total wins and 27th at Washburn in terms of winning percentage.