Donald Starn | |
Birth Date: | 17 August 1902 |
Birth Place: | Orrville, Ohio, U.S. |
Death Date: | August 1977 |
Death Place: | Sun City, California, U.S. |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1922–1924 |
Player Team2: | Wooster |
Player Sport3: | Basketball |
Player Years4: | c. 1924 |
Player Team4: | Wooster |
Player Sport5: | Baseball |
Player Years6: | c. 1924 |
Player Team6: | Wooster |
Player Years7: | 1927 |
Player Team7: | Cambridge Canners |
Player Years8: | 1928 |
Player Team8: | Jersey City Skeeters |
Player Years9: | 1928 |
Player Team9: | Bridgeport Bears |
Player Years10: | 1929 |
Player Team10: | Jersey City Skeeters |
Player Years11: | 1929 |
Player Team11: | Springfield Ponies |
Player Positions: | Pitcher (baseball) |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1927–1934 |
Coach Team2: | Ashland HS (OH) |
Coach Years3: | 1935–1942 |
Coach Team3: | Kent State |
Coach Sport4: | Basketball |
Coach Years5: | 1935–1942 |
Coach Team5: | Kent State |
Coach Sport6: | Baseball |
Coach Years7: | 1936–1938 |
Coach Team7: | Kent State |
Admin Years1: | 1935–1943 |
Admin Team1: | Kent State |
Overall Record: | 34–28–3 (college football) 111–96 (college basketball) 18–9 (college baseball) |
George Donald "Rosy" Starn (August 17, 1902 – August 1977) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Kent State University from 1935 to 1942, compiling a record of 34–28–3. Starn coached at Ashland High School in Ashland, Ohio for eight years before he was hired at Kent State.[1]