Jesse Burbage Explained

Jesse Burbage
Birth Date:22 February 1894
Birth Place:Shelbyville, Kentucky, U.S.
Death Place:Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.
Player Sport1:Basketball
Player Years2:1914–1918
Player Team2:Auburn
Player Positions:Guard
Coach Sport1:Basketball
Coach Years2:1922–1924
Coach Team2:Trinity (NC)
Coach Years3:1927–1929
Coach Team3:Florida Southern
Coach Sport4:Football
Coach Years5:1927–1929
Coach Team5:Florida Southern
Overall Record:53–25 (basketball)
5–2–1 (football)

Jesse Samuel Burbage (February 22, 1894 – December 5, 1957) was an American basketball player and coach. He was a four-year starter at the guard position for the Auburn Tigers from 1914 to 1918. Burbage served as the head coach of the Trinity Blue and White (now the Duke Blue Devils) from 1922 to 1924.[1]

Burbage later served as an Army colonel. Circa 1951, he became administrator of the City-County Hospital in Tuskegee, Alabama, where he would serve for six years until his death. He died on December 5, 1957, at Huntsville Hospital.[2] [3]

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Football

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Roth. John. The Encyclopedia of Duke Basketball. 2006. Duke University Press. 978-0-822-33904-5. 122.
  2. News: Col. Burbage's Rites Are Set . The Huntsville Times . Newspapers.com . December 6, 1957 . 2 . en.
  3. News: J. S. Burbage, hospital official . The Birmingham News . Obituary . Newspapers.com . December 8, 1957 . 40 . en.