Bob Tully Explained

Bob Tully
Birth Date:2 August 1909
Birth Place:Goshen, Indiana, U.S.
Death Place:Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
Player Sport1:Football
Player Years2:1927–1930
Player Team2:Manchester
Player Sport3:Baseball
Player Years4:1928–1931
Player Team4:Manchester
Player Positions:Quarterback (football)
Catcher (baseball)
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1941
Coach Team2:La Verne (assistant)
Coach Years3:1946–1948
Coach Team3:Bethel (KS)
Coach Sport4:Basketball
Coach Years5:1940–1942
Coach Team5:La Verne
Coach Sport6:Baseball
Coach Team7:La Verne
Admin Years1:1940–?
Admin Team1:La Verne
Admin Years2:1946–1950
Admin Team2:Bethel (KS)
Overall Record:6–18–1 (football)

Robert Warren Tully (August 2, 1909 – June 12, 1981) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach, college athletics administrator, parks and recreation director, and university professor. He was the head football coach at Bethel College in North Newton, Kansas, serving for three seasons, from 1946 to 1948, and compiling a record of 6–18–1.[1]

Tully was born on August 2, 1909, in Goshen, Indiana. There he attended Goshen High School, playing football and basketball and running track. He played football and baseball each for four years at Manchester College—now known as Manchester University—in North Manchester, Indiana before graduating in 1931.[2]

In July 1940, Tully was appointed the director of physical education and athletics at La Verne College—now known as the University of La Verne—in La Verne, California.[3] He was also the head basketball and baseball coach at La Verne and assisted with the football team.[4] [5]

Tully took a leave of absence at Bethel College in 1950 to accept a graduate assistantship at Indiana University Bloomington.[6] He remained at Indiana and was appointed director of the Bradford Woods Camping laboratory and associate professor of recreation and park administration. Tully retired from Indiana University in 1976 and later resided in Lorida, Florida. He died on June 12, 1981, at Indiana University Medical Center in Indianapolis.[7]

Head coaching record

Football

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bethel College Coaching Results. Bethel College Athletics. November 9, 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20101117195548/http://athletics.bethelks.edu/football/records/index.php. November 17, 2010.
  2. News: . Indianan To Head Athletic Staff At La Verne College . . . July 25, 1940 . 5 . October 28, 2020 . .
  3. News: . Athletic Head . . . July 26, 1940 . 6 . October 28, 2020 . .
  4. News: Wimer . Joe . Leopard Play Powerful Independents Tonight . . . December 10, 1940 . 10 . October 28, 2020 . .
  5. Hutchinson News Herald, July 1, 1947, Hutchinson, Kansas, p. 2
  6. News: . Bethel College Athletic Director On Leave . . . . May 11, 1950 . 16 . October 28, 2020 . .
  7. News: . Robert W. Tully, Bradford Woods director, dies . The Reporter-Times . . June 18, 1981 . 6 . October 28, 2020 . .