Paul "Red" Uram (May 14, 1926 – October 20, 2017), was an American former gymnastics and flexibility coach. He is a member of the U.S. Gymanstics Hall of Fame and he coached on four Super Bowl-winning teams with the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). He also is the author of two books on human movement.
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| Born: | May 14, 1926 Lyndora, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died: | October 20, 2017 (aged 91) Butler, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
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| High school: | Butler Senior (Butler, Pennsylvania) |
| College: | Slippery Rock State |
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Early life
editUram grew up in Butler, Pennsylvania, where he attended Butler Senior High School. He participated in football and track and field. He went on to play quarterback at Slippery Rock State Teacher's College from which he graduated in 1949.[1]
Coaching career
editUram's coaching career began at Millvale High School in Millvale, Pennsylvania, where he spent six years in the early 1950s coaching football, gymnastics and track and field. His gymnastics teams won 120 straight dual meets during his tenure.[2] He later coached gymnastics at his alma mater, Butler Senior High School, where his teams won 108 straight dual meets and three state championships.[3]
He served as the flexibility and kicking coach for the Pittsburgh Steelers from 1973 through 1981, during which span the team won four Super Bowls.[2] He also worked with the NFL's Baltimore Colts, the Los Angeles Lakers of the NBA, the NHL's Detroit Red Wings and the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball.[4]
He is the author of two books on the topic of human movement, flexibility and stretching.
Bibliography
edit- Refining human movement, self-published: 1971.
- The Complete Stretching Book, Anderson World : 1980. ISBN 978-0-89037-158-9
Honors
editUram was inducted into the U.S. Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 1974, one of only a few high school coaches to be so honored.[3] He was named the quarterback of Slippery Rock University's All-Time football team in 1965 and was inducted into the school's Hall of Fame in 1986.[1] He was elected to the Butler County (Pennsylvania) Sports Hall of Fame in 1969[5] and is also a member of the Western Pennsylvania Hall of Fame.[2]
March 24, 2009 was designated as "Paul Uram Day" by the borough of Millvale, Pennsylvania.[2]
Pau Uram died October 20, 2017, in Butler, Pennsylvania.[6]
References
edit- ^ a b "Paul Uram bio". Slippery Rock University. Archived from the original on April 8, 2017. Retrieved December 22, 2011.
- ^ a b c d "Millvale honors Slippery Rock alumnus/Hall of Famer Paul Uram". Slippery Rock University. March 30, 2009. Archived from the original on June 15, 2012. Retrieved December 22, 2011.
- ^ a b "Paul Uram bio". U.S. Gymnastics Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on April 25, 2012. Retrieved December 22, 2011.
- ^ "Uram's Flexibility Program Aids Pirates". The Vindicator. March 28, 1976. p. D-2. Retrieved December 22, 2011.
- ^ "Inductees". Beaver County Sports Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on April 26, 2012. Retrieved December 22, 2011.
- ^ "Paul "Red" Uram". Boylan Funeral Services. Retrieved September 10, 2022.