Charles DeLoss "Dee" Errickson (December 21, 1897 – September 22, 1985) was an American football and basketball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Ottawa University from 1931 to 1935 and at Washburn University in 1944, retiring with a career college football coaching record of 19–27–1. [1] Errickson was also the head basketball coach at Washburn from 1936 to 1946, tallying a mark of 67–122. In 1941, Errickson was named athletic director at Washburn.[2]
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| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 21, 1897 Eureka, Kansas, U.S. |
| Died | September 22, 1985 (aged 87) Topeka, Kansas, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Basketball | |
| c. 1922 | Washburn |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1924–1930 | Fort Scott |
| 1931–1935 | Ottawa |
| 1944 | Washburn |
| Basketball | |
| 1924–1931 | Fort Scott |
| 1931–1936 | Ottawa |
| 1936–1946 | Washburn |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1942–1944 | Washburn |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 19–27–1 (college football) 67–122 (college basketball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 2 KCAC (1932–1933) | |
Errickson was born on December 21, 1897, in Eureka, Kansas. He played basketball at Washburn before graduating in 1923. Errickson coached at Fort Scott Community College before moving on to Ottawa. He died in Topeka, Kansas in 1985.[3]
Head coaching record
editCollege football
edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ottawa Braves (Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference) (1931–1935) | |||||||||
| 1931 | Ottawa | 5–3 | 2–2 | 3rd | |||||
| 1932 | Ottawa | 7–1 | 4–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1933 | Ottawa | 5–3 | 4–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1934 | Ottawa | 1–6–1 | 1–4 | 5th | |||||
| 1935 | Ottawa | 0–8 | 0–5 | 6th | |||||
| Ottawa: | 18–21–1 | 11–11 | |||||||
| Washburn Ichabods (Central Intercollegiate Conference) (1944) | |||||||||
| 1944 | Washburn | 1–6 | |||||||
| Washburn: | 1–6 | ||||||||
| Total: | 19–27–1 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
References
edit- ^ "2012 Football Media Guide" (PDF). Ottawa Braves. p. 7. Retrieved February 26, 2013.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Post to Errickson; Washburn Cage Coach Is Given Duties as Directors of Athletics". Lawrence Journal-World. Lawrence, Kansas. Associated Press. December 4, 1941. Retrieved May 16, 2016 – via Google News.
- ^ "Deaths; Charles "Dee" Errickson"". Fort Scott Tribune. Fort Scott, Kansas. September 23, 1985. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
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