Bill Ordway
American football coach From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
American football coach From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Allan William Ordway (May 8, 1917 – September 7, 1999) was an American gridiron football player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball. He served as the head football coach at Jamestown College—now known as the University of Jamestown—in Jamestown, North Dakota from 1949 to 1950 seasons, compiling a record of 5–11.[1]
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Biographical details | |
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Born | Mandan, North Dakota, U.S. | May 8, 1917
Died | September 7, 1999 82) Arlington, Texas, U.S. | (aged
Playing career | |
Football | |
1936–1938 | North Dakota |
1946 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers |
Position(s) | Fullback |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1949–1950 | Jamestown |
Basketball | |
1954–1961 | Juneau-Douglas HS |
1961–1965 | Alaska |
1968–1969 | Glassboro State |
Baseball | |
1966–1967 | Lewis–Clark State |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 5–11 (college football) 26–51 (college basketball) 26–21 (college baseball) |
Ordway played football for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League (CFL) in the early 1940s.[2]
He died of a rare lung disease, pseudomonas, in 1999. He had been in declining health in the recent years leading up to his death. He was cremated with his ashes scattered at a park.
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Jamestown Jimmies (North Dakota Intercollegiate Conference) (1949–1950) | |||||||||
1949 | Jamestown | 3–5 | 3–2 | T—4th | |||||
1950 | Jamestown | 2–6 | 2–4 | 6th | |||||
Jamestown: | 5–11 | 5–6 | |||||||
Total: | 5–11 |
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