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Joseph Justice Sr. (November 16, 1916 – July 25, 2005)[1] was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach.[citation needed] Justice played on the United States national team at the 1939 Amateur World Series in Havana. He served as the head baseball coach at Rollins from 1947 to 1971, leading the Tars to the 1954 College World Series becoming the smallest school in NCAA history to do so.[2]
| Biographical details | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | November 16, 1916 | ||||||||||||||
| Died | July 25, 2005 (aged 88) | ||||||||||||||
| Playing career | |||||||||||||||
| Baseball | |||||||||||||||
| 1940–1941 | Sanford Seminoles | ||||||||||||||
| 1941 | Ocala Yearlings | ||||||||||||||
| 1946 | Sanford Seminoles | ||||||||||||||
| 1947 | Orlando Senators | ||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Second baseman, pitcher | ||||||||||||||
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |||||||||||||||
| Football | |||||||||||||||
| 1949 | Rollins | ||||||||||||||
| Basketball | |||||||||||||||
| 1951–1953 | Rollins | ||||||||||||||
| Baseball | |||||||||||||||
| 1947–1971 | Rollins | ||||||||||||||
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |||||||||||||||
| 1957–1981 | Rollins | ||||||||||||||
| Head coaching record | |||||||||||||||
| Overall | 17–22 (basketball) 482–287–13 (baseball) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Justice also served as the head football coach at Rollins College in 1949.[3]
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