Abe Poffenroth
American football and baseball coach
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| Intro | American football and baseball coach | |
| Places | United States of America | |
| is | American football player | |
| Work field | Sports | |
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| Death | 1997Spokane, United States of America |
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Biography
Albert Harold "Abe" Poffenroth (c. 1917 – May 1, 1997) was an American football and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at his alma mater, Eastern Washington, from 1947 to 1952 and at Central Washington University from 1955 to 1960, compiling career college football coaching record of 58–40–3. Poffenroth was also the head baseball coach at Eastern Washington from 1950 to 1953, tallying a mark of 41–54. He was a four-year letter winner in football as a running back at Eastern Washington University from 1936 to 1939.
Head coaching record
Football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern Washington Savages (Washington Intercollegiate Conference / Evergreen Conference) | |||||||||
| 1947 | Eastern Washington | 6–1–1 | T–1st | ||||||
| 1948 | Eastern Washington | 8–1 | 5–1 | T–1st | |||||
| 1949 | Eastern Washington | 7–2 | 5–1 | T–1st | |||||
| 1950 | Eastern Washington | 8–2 | 5–1 | 1st | |||||
| 1951 | Eastern Washington | 2–6 | 1–4 | T–4th | |||||
| 1952 | Eastern Washington | 1–7 | 1–5 | 6th | |||||
| Eastern Washington: | 32–19–1 | ||||||||
| Central Washington Wildcats (Evergreen Conference) | |||||||||
| 1955 | Central Washington | 2–6 | 2–4 | 5th | |||||
| 1956 | Central Washington | 3–4–1 | 2–3–1 | 5th | |||||
| 1957 | Central Washington | 7–1 | 6–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1958 | Central Washington | 6–1–1 | 4–1 | T–1st | |||||
| 1959 | Central Washington | 3–5 | 3–2 | 3rd | |||||
| 1960 | Central Washington | 4–4 | 4–2 | 2nd | |||||
| Central Washington: | 26–21–2 | 21–12–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 58–40–3 | ||||||||