Ellison Ketchum Explained

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Birth Date:22 July 1908
Birth Place:Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S.
Death Place:Coral Gables, Florida, U.S.
Player Sport1:Football
Player Years2:late 1920s
Player Sport4:Basketball
Player Years5:late 1920s
Player Team5:Denver
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1930–1931
Coach Team2:Denver (freshmen)
Coach Years3:1936–1938
Coach Team3:Denver (freshmen)
Coach Years4:1939–?
Coach Team4:Denver (assistant)
Coach Years5:1942
Coach Team5:Denver
Coach Sport6:Basketball
Coach Years7:1930–1932
Coach Team7:Denver (freshmen)
Coach Years8:1940–1943
Coach Team8:Denver
Coach Years9:1946–1948
Coach Team9:Denver
Admin Years1:1949–1951
Admin Team1:Denver
Overall Record:6–3–1 (football)
63–60 (basketball)

Ellison Edwin Ketchum (July 22, 1908 – November 21, 1960) was an American football and basketball player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He was the head football coach at the University of Denver for one season in 1942, compiling a record of 6–3–1. Ketchum served two stints as the head basketball coach at Denver, from 1940 to 1943 and from 1946 to 1948, amassing a record of 63–60.

Biography

Ketchum was born on July 22, 1908, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He graduated from the University of Denver, where he lettered in football and basketball, in 1930.[1] Ketchum died of cancer on November 21, 1960, in Coral Gables, Florida.[2]

Head coaching record

Football

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ketchum, Ellison, 1908-1960 . . SNAC: Social Networks and Archival Context . . September 5, 2016 .
  2. News: . Ellison Ketchum Dies of Cancer . Deadwood Pioneer-Times . . . November 22, 1960 . 6 . September 5, 2016 . .