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]