Ira C. Brownlie | |
Birth Date: | 11 April 1873 |
Birth Place: | Long Grove, Iowa, U.S. |
Death Place: | Denver, Colorado, U.S. |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1894 |
Player Team2: | Iowa Agricultural |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1892 |
Coach Team2: | Iowa Agricultural |
Coach Sport3: | Baseball |
Coach Years4: | 1898 |
Coach Team4: | Iowa Agricultural |
Overall Record: | 1–0–1 (football) 2–4 (baseball) |
Ira Clifton Brownlie (April 11, 1873 – December 8, 1956) was an American football and baseball coach. He was the first head football coach at Iowa Agricultural College and Model Farm—now known as Iowa State University—serving for one season in 1892 and compiling a record of 1–0–1.[1] [2] He was also the head baseball coach at Iowa Agricultural in 1898, tallying a mark of 2–4.
Brownlie was born in Long Grove, Iowa and attended high school in Davenport, Iowa. He later moved to Colorado, where he worked as a dentist. He died in Denver, Colorado on December 8, 1956.[3]