Crip Toomey Explained

Crip Toomey
Birth Date:10 November 1895
Birth Place:Fresno, California, U.S.
Death Place:Woodland, California, U.S.
Player Sport1:Football
Player Years2:1919–1921
Player Team2:California
Player Sport3:Baseball
Player Years4:c. 1920
Player Team4:California
Player Positions:Halfback (football)
Catcher (baseball)
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1928–1936
Coach Team2:Cal Aggies
Coach Sport3:Basketball
Coach Years4:1928–1936
Coach Team4:Cal Aggies
Admin Years1:1928–1961
Admin Team1:Cal Aggies / UC Davis
Overall Record:24–42–8 (football)
55–89 (basketball)
Championships:Football
National (1920, 1921)
Far Western (1929)
Awards:2× First-team All-Pacific Coast (1920, 1921)

Irving Francis "Crip" Toomey (November 10, 1895 – June 28, 1961) was an American football and baseball player, coach of football and basketball, and college athletics administrator. He attended the University of California, Berkeley, where he played college football as a halfback on Andy Smith's California Golden Bears football teams from 1919 to 1921. Toomey served as the head football coach at the Northern Branch of the College of Agriculture—now known as the University of California, Davis (UC Davis)—from 1928 to 1936, compiling a record of 24–42–8. He was also the head basketball coach there from 1928 to 1936, tallying a mark of 55–89. Toomey served as the athletic director at UC Davis from 1928 until his death in 1961.

Toomey was born on November 10, 1895, in Fresno, California, and attended Fresno High School. He served as a lieutenant in the United States Army during World War I. He died on June 28, 1961, at the Woodland Clinic Memorial Hospital in Woodland, California.[1] [2]

Head coaching record

Football

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Irving Francis Toomey, Physical Education: Davis . . Calisphere . The Regents of The University of California . October 13, 2014.
  2. News: . Coach Crip Toomey Dies . . . . June 29, 1961 . 4 . March 11, 2017 . .