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American football and basketball coach (1895–1986) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Furman Leon "Fitz" Nuss (February 2, 1895 – February 5, 1986) was an American football and basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at Alderson–Broaddus College—now known as Alderson Broaddus University—in Philippi, West Virginia for one season, in 1924, compiling a record of 3–4–2.[1]
Biographical details | |
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Born | Bristoria, Greene County, Pennsylvania, U.S. | February 2, 1895
Died | February 5, 1986 91) Washington, Pennsylvania, U.S. | (aged
Playing career | |
Football | |
late 1910s | Washington & Jefferson |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1924 | Broaddus |
1925–1928 | Bethany (WV) |
c. 1942–1943 | Washington & Jefferson (assistant) |
Basketball | |
1925–1930 | Bethany (WV) |
c. 1942–1943 | Washington & Jefferson (assistant) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 53–29 (basketball) |
Nuss graduated from Washington & Jefferson College in 1917.[2][3]
In his later life, Nuss operated a tire shop and worked in the gas drilling industry. He died on February 5, 1986, at the Hubert Lane Health Care Center in Washington, Pennsylvania, after a long illness.[4]
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