Bob Ingalls

Donald Robert Ingalls (January 17, 1919 – April 8, 1970) was an American football player and coach. He played college football at the University of Michigan and was chosen by conference coaches as a second-team player on the Associated Press All-Big Ten Conference team in 1940.[1] He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the 18th round of the 1942 NFL Draft and played professionally in the National Football League (NFL) for the Packers for one season, in 1942.[2] Ingalls served as an assistant football coach at Nebraska in the 1940s. He served as the head football coach at the University of Connecticut from 1952 to 1963, compiling a record of 49543. He died on April 8, 1970 at Windham Community Hospital in Willimantic, Connecticut.[3]

Bob Ingalls
Ingalls from 1946 Cornhusker
No. 53
Position:Center
Personal information
Born:(1919-01-17)January 17, 1919
Marblehead, Massachusetts
Died:April 8, 1970(1970-04-08) (aged 51)
Willimantic, Connecticut
Career information
High school:Marblehead (Marblehead, Massachusetts)
Kiski (Saltsburg, Pennsylvania)
College:Michigan
NFL Draft:1942 / Round: 18 / Pick: 169
Career history
As player:
As coach:
Career NFL statistics
Games played–started:10–6
Interceptions:1
Touchdowns:1
Player stats at NFL.com

Head coaching record

Year Team Overall ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs
Connecticut Huskies (Yankee Conference) (1952–1963)
1952 Connecticut 5–33–1T–1st
1953 Connecticut 3–4–12–1–13rd
1954 Connecticut 1–80–46th
1955 Connecticut 4–42–2T–3rd
1956 Connecticut 6–2–13–0–11st
1957 Connecticut 5–4–13–0–1T–1st
1958 Connecticut 7–34–01st
1959 Connecticut 6–34–01st
1960 Connecticut 5–43–1T–1st
1961 Connecticut 2–72–23rd
1962 Connecticut 3–62–23rd
1963 Connecticut 2–61–35th
Connecticut: 49–54–329–16–3
Total:49–54–3
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

References

  1. Earl Hilligan (November 24, 1940). "Harmon and Evashevski Repeat on AP's All-Big Ten: Michigan Stars Named for Third Year in a Row". St. Petersburg Times (AP story). p. 12.
  2. "Bob Ingalls Statistics". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved January 7, 2009.
  3. "Robert Ingalls, 51, Connecticut Coach" (PDF). The New York Times. April 9, 1970. Retrieved June 28, 2011.


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