Albert Exendine Explained

Albert Exendine
Birth Date:7 January 1884
Birth Place:Bartlesville, Oklahoma, U.S.
Death Place:Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.
Player Sport1:Football
Player Years2:1902–1907
Player Team2:Carlisle
Player Positions:End
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1909–1911
Coach Team2:Otterbein
Coach Years3:1914–1922
Coach Team3:Georgetown
Coach Years4:1923–1925
Coach Team4:Washington State
Coach Years5:1926–1927
Coach Team5:Occidental
Coach Years6:1928
Coach Team6:Northeastern State
Coach Years7:1929–1933
Coach Team7:Oklahoma A&M (assistant)
Coach Years8:1934–1935
Coach Team8:Oklahoma A&M
Coach Sport9:Baseball
Coach Years10:1932–1933
Coach Team10:Oklahoma A&M
Overall Record:94–63–15 (football)
19–13 (baseball)
Championships:3 SAIAA (1915, 1917, 1919)
Awards:
Cfbhof Year:1970
Cfbhof Id:1217

Albert Andrew "Ex" Exendine (January 7, 1884 – January 4, 1973) was an American football player, coach, and lawyer. He played college football at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School where he was an All-American end. Exendine served as the head football coach at Otterbein College (1909–1911), Georgetown University (1914–1922), the State College of Washington—now known as Washington State University (1923–1925), Occidental College (1926–1927), Northeastern State Teachers' College—now known as Northeastern State University (1928), and Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College—now known as Oklahoma State University (1934–1935). He was also the head baseball coach at Oklahoma A&M from 1932 to 1933, tallying a mark of 19–13. Exendine was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1970.

Exendine was born in Indian Territory[1] and played for Pop Warner's Carlisle Indians from 1902 to 1907. Though never having played the game before arriving at the institute, Exendine was named to Walter Camp's third-team All-American team in 1906. Vanderbilt upset Carlisle 4–0 in 1906. Vanderbilt running back Honus Craig called this his hardest game,[2] giving special praise to Exendine as "the fastest end I ever saw."

From 1914 to 1922, Exendine coached at Georgetown and compiled a 55–21–3 record. His tenure there included a 9–1 season in 1916 and an 8–1 season in 1921. From 1923 to 1925, he coached at Washington State, tallying a mark of 6–13–4. From 1934 to 1935, he coached at Oklahoma A&M, where he compiled a 7–12–1 record.

Exendine earned a law degree at Dickinson School of Law while he was coaching at Georgetown. He later practiced law in Oklahoma and served with the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Exendine died on January 4, 1973, at a hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma.[3] [4]

Head coaching record

Baseball

Notes and References

  1. News: . Hall of Fame Bid Caps Colorful Exendine Grid Career . . . September 9, 1970 . . April 8, 2019 . Tulsa and Oklahoma History Collection .
  2. News: "Honus" Craig, All-Southern Right Halfback---He Talks . April 25, 1909 . Abilene Daily Reporter . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304093558/http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark%3A/67531/metapth315562/m1/6/zoom/ . March 4, 2016 .
  3. News: . A. A. Exendine Is Dead at 88 . . . January 5, 1973 . 18 . November 28, 2020 . .
  4. News: . A.A. Exendine, Famed End, Dies in Tulsa, Oklahoma . . . January 30, 1973 . 6 . November 28, 2020 . .