Irv Wisniewski | |
Birth Date: | 8 January 1925 |
Birth Place: | Toledo, Ohio, U.S. |
Death Place: | Newark, Delaware, U.S. |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1946–1949 |
Player Team2: | Michigan |
Player Sport3: | Basketball |
Player Years4: | 1946–1950 |
Player Team4: | Michigan |
Player Positions: | End (football) |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1951 |
Coach Team2: | Hillsdale |
Coach Years3: | 1952 - 1979 |
Coach Team3: | Delaware (assistant) |
Coach Sport4: | Basketball |
Coach Years5: | 1950–1952 |
Coach Team5: | Hillsdale |
Coach Years6: | 1954–1966 |
Coach Team6: | Delaware |
Coach Sport7: | Golf |
Coach Years8: | 1954–1963 |
Coach Team8: | Delaware |
Overall Record: | 2–6 (football) 124–179 (basketball) |
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Irvin C. "Whiz" Wisniewski (January 8, 1925 – February 26, 2014) was an American football and basketball player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Hillsdale College in 1951, tallying a mark of 2 - 6. Wisniewski was also the head basketball coach at Hillsdale from 1950 to 1952 and at the University of Delaware from 1954 to 1966, compiling a career college basketball record of 124 - 179.
Wisniewski played football at the University of Michigan as an end from 1946 to 1949. He caught 11 passes for 126 yards and one touchdown as a senior for the 1949 Wolverines. He also played basketball at Michigan.
Wisniewski was the head football coach at Hillsdale College in Hillsdale, Michigan for one season, in 1951, tallying a mark of 2–6.[1]
Wisniewski and his wife, Martha, owned and operated "Varsity Day Camp" a summer day camp for children located outside of Ann Arbor, Michigan. The camp started in 1950.[2]
Wisniewski was inducted into the Woodward High School, Toledo, OH (Class of 1943) Hall of Fame in 1985.[3] He was inducted into the Delaware Sports Hall of Fame in 2006.
Wisniewski died at his home in Delaware of a brief illness on February 26, 2014. He was 89 years old.[4] [5] [6]