Joseph G. Echols (March 23, 1917 – March 28, 1977)[1] was an American football coach, college athletics administrator, and Negro league baseball player.
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| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 23, 1917 |
| Died | March 28, 1977 (aged 60) |
| Playing career | |
| Baseball | |
| 1939 | Newark Eagles |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1950–1954 | Morehouse |
| 1955–1960 | Norfolk State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 44–41–3 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 2 Eastern Intercollegiate (1957, 1959) | |
Early life and baseball career
editRaised in Englewood, New Jersey, Echols played prep football at St. Cecilia High School in Englewood.[2][3] In 1939, Echols played for the Newark Eagles of the Negro National League.[4]
Coaching career
editEchols served as the head football coach at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia from 1950 to 1954 and at Norfolk State University in Norfolk, Virginia from 1955 to 1960. The home basketball arena on Norfolk State's campus is named Joseph G. Echols Memorial Hall in his honor.[5]
Death
editHead coaching record
edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morehouse Maroon Tigers (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1950–1954) | |||||||||
| 1950 | Morehouse | 1–6–1 | |||||||
| 1951 | Morehouse | 3–4 | 2–3 | 11th | |||||
| 1952 | Morehouse | 3–5–1 | |||||||
| 1953 | Morehouse | 5–3 | |||||||
| 1954 | Morehouse | 4–4 | |||||||
| Morehouse: | 16–22–2 | ||||||||
| Norfolk State Spartans (Eastern Intercollegiate Conference) (1955–1960) | |||||||||
| 1955 | Norfolk State | 3–5 | |||||||
| 1956 | Norfolk State | 2–6 | |||||||
| 1957 | Norfolk State | 5–1 | 1st | ||||||
| 1958 | Norfolk State | 5–3 | |||||||
| 1959 | Norfolk State | 7–1–1 | 1st | ||||||
| 1960 | Norfolk State | 6–3 | |||||||
| Norfolk State: | 28–19–1 | ||||||||
| Total: | 44–41–3 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Joseph Echols". Fold3. Retrieved April 13, 2020.
- ^ Borzi, Pat. "A Touch of Lombardi in Norfolk State’s Past", The New York Times, March 18, 2012. Accessed December 17, 2019. "The Norfolk State basketball arena, Joseph G. Echols Memorial Hall, is named for the former Norfolk State coach and athletic director who was a native of Englewood, N.J. Echols played various sports at St. Cecelia’s High School in Englewood, and he briefly played baseball for the Newark Eagles in the Negro leagues. He graduated from St. Cecelia’s a few years before an energetic young coach, Vince Lombardi, took over the football team, but they became friends."
- ^ a b "Services Planned for Joe Echols 60". The Record. Hackensack, New Jersey. April 7, 1977. p. C8. Retrieved December 17, 2019 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ "Joe Echols". Baseball-Reference. Retrieved December 14, 2019.
- ^ "Joseph G. Echols Memorial Hall". Norfolk State Spartans. Retrieved December 14, 2019.
- ^ Nunn Jr., William (April 23, 1977). "Death of Norfolk State's Joe Echols shocks friends". Pittsburgh Courier. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. p. 9. Retrieved December 17, 2019 – via Newspapers.com .
External links
edit- Career statistics from Baseball Reference and Seamheads