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Bernie Shively
American football player and coach, college athletics administrator / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bernie A. Shively (May 26, 1902 – December 10, 1967) was an American college football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He was the athletic director at the University of Kentucky from 1938 until his death.
![]() Shively in 1929 | |
Biographical details | |
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Born | (1902-05-26)May 26, 1902 Paris, Illinois, U.S. |
Died | December 10, 1967(1967-12-10) (aged 65) Lexington, Kentucky, U.S. |
Playing career | |
1924–1926 | Illinois |
Position(s) | Guard |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1927–1933 | Kentucky (line) |
1945 | Kentucky |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1938–1967 | Kentucky |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 2–8 |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Awards | |
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College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1982 (profile) | |
Shively served as an assistant football coach at Kentucky and was interim head football coach in 1945, prior to hiring Bear Bryant. Shively was linked to a scholarship scandal in 1962 involving the infamous football team known as the Thin Thirty, coached by Charlie Bradshaw.
Shively attended the University of Illinois. where he played football as a guard alongside Red Grange. He was a consensus All-American in 1926. He is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame, and is honored at Kentucky as the namesake of the track and field stadium.[1]
Shively died on December 10, 1967, at Saint Joseph Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky.[2]