George Wheeler Roark (October 7, 1898 – March 31, 1993) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach of football, basketball, and track. He served as the head football coach at Westminster College of New Wilmington, Pennsylvania in 1936 and at Washington & Jefferson College from 1937 to 1940, compiling a career college football record of 18–18–3. Roark also coached basketball and track at Westminster.
 Roark pictured in The Bethanian 1922, Bethany yearbook | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 7, 1898 |
| Died | March 31, 1993 (aged 94) |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1919–1921 | Bethany (WV) |
| Basketball | |
| 1920–1922 | Bethany (WV) |
| 1923–1924 | Bethany (WV) |
| Baseball | |
| 1921–1922 | Bethany (WV) |
| 1924–1925 | Bethany (WV) |
| Position(s) | End (football) Forward (basketball) Catcher (baseball) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1929 | Follansbee HS (WV) |
| 1930–1935 | New Brighton HS (PA) |
| 1936 | Westminster (PA) |
| 1937–1940 | Washington & Jefferson |
| 1941–? | New Brighton HS (PA) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 18–18–3 (college) |
Roark was a native of Altavista, Virginia. He attended Bethany College in West Virginia, where he lettered in football, basketball, and baseball, and graduated with the class of 1925.[1] He played catcher on the baseball team with pitcher Ed Wells, who went on to play Major League Baseball. Roarke resigned from his post at Washington & Jefferson in December 1940 to coach football at New Brighton, Pennsylvania's high school, where he had coached football and basketball from 1930 to 1935.[2] In his first stint at New Brighton, his football teams tallied a mark of 33–9–3.[3]
Head coaching record
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edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westminster Titans (Independent) (1936) | |||||||||
| 1936 | Westminster | 2–4–1 | |||||||
| Westminster: | 2–4–1 | ||||||||
| Washington & Jefferson Presidents (Independent) (1937–1940) | |||||||||
| 1937 | Washington & Jefferson | 2–5–1 | |||||||
| 1938 | Washington & Jefferson | 5–2–1 | |||||||
| 1939 | Washington & Jefferson | 5–3 | |||||||
| 1940 | Washington & Jefferson | 4–4 | |||||||
| Washington & Jefferson: | 16–14–2 | ||||||||
| Total: | 18–18–3 | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ McGuire, Hugh, ed. (1925). The Bethanian 1925. p. 58. Retrieved December 2, 2011.
- ^ "George W. Roark". The Daily Times. December 16, 1940. Retrieved December 3, 2011.
- ^ "Sports Stew—Served Hot". The Pittsburgh Press. January 11, 1937. Retrieved December 3, 2011.