Irv Wisniewski Explained

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.

Playing career

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.

Coaching career

Wisniewski was the head football coach at Hillsdale College in Hillsdale, Michigan for one season, in 1951, tallying a mark of 2–6.[1]

Legacy and honors

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.

Death

Wisniewski died at his home in Delaware of a brief illness on February 26, 2014. He was 89 years old.[4] [5] [6]

Head coaching record

Football

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hillsdale Chargers 2010 Media Guide . Hillsdale College . November 6, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110716022043/http://www.hillsdalesites.org/chargers/football/2010/2010HCFBmediaguide.pdf . July 16, 2011 .
  2. varsitydaycamp.com/html/aboutus.html
  3. Web site: Hall of Fame Inductees - Woodward Hall of Fame . 2015-02-12 . 2018-08-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180819172341/http://woodwardhalloffame.com/hall-fame-inductees/ . dead .
  4. Web site: Irvin Wisniewski Obituary - Newark, Delaware - R.T. Foard & Jones, Inc.
  5. Web site: University of Delaware Athletics Mourns Loss of Blue Hen Coaching Legend Irv ?Whiz? Wisniewski.
  6. Web site: 'Coach Whiz' left lasting mark on his UD family.