Ion Cortright

Ion Cortright

Cortright pictured in The Cincinnatian 1917, Cincinnati yearbook
Sport(s) Football, basketball
Biographical details
Born June 29, 1889
Eaton, Michigan
Died June 3, 1961(1961-06-03) (aged 71)[1]
East Lansing, Michigan
Playing career
19071910 Michigan Agricultural
Position(s) Halfback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
19111913 Michigan Agricultural (assistant)
19141915 South Dakota
1916 Cincinnati
19251927 North Dakota Agricultural
Basketball
19141915 South Dakota
19161917 Cincinnati
19251926 North Dakota Agricultural
Head coaching record
Overall 22206 (football)
3814 (basketball)

Statistics

Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 North Central Conference (1925)

Ion John Cortright (June 29, 1889 June 3, 1961) was an American football player and coach of football and basketball. He served as the head football coach at the University of South Dakota (19141915), the University of Cincinnati (1916), and North Dakota Agricultural College, now North Dakota State University, (19251927), compiling a career college football record of 22206. Cortright was also the head basketball coach at South Dakota for one season in 19141915, Cincinnati for one season in 19161917, and North Dakota Agricultural for one season in 19251926, tallying a career mark of 3814.

Head coaching record

Football

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
South Dakota Coyotes (Independent) (1914–1915)
1914 South Dakota 521
1915 South Dakota 422
South Dakota: 943
Cincinnati Bearcats (Ohio Athletic Conference) (1916)
1916 Cincinnati 081 061 13th
Cincinnati: 081 061
North Dakota Agricultural Bison (North Central Conference) (1925–1927)
1925 North Dakota Agricultural 502 402 T1st
1926 North Dakota Agricultural 53 23 6th
1927 North Dakota Agricultural 35 13 5th
North Dakota Agricultural: 1382 762
Total: 22206
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title

References

  1. "Cortright Rites Set", Star-News, Tuesday, June 06, 1961, Pasadena, California, United States Of America

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