Joe Zalusky | |
Birth Date: | 30 March 1881 |
Birth Place: | Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. |
Death Place: | Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1902 |
Player Team2: | Knox (IL) |
Player Sport3: | Baseball |
Player Years4: | 1904 |
Player Team4: | Oskaloosa Quakers |
Player Years5: | 1904 |
Player Team5: | Fort Dodge Gypsum Eaters |
Player Years6: | 1906 |
Player Team6: | Rock Island Islanders |
Player Positions: | Halfback |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1904–1910 |
Coach Team2: | Penn (IA) |
Coach Sport3: | Baseball |
Coach Years4: | 1906 |
Coach Team4: | Penn (IA) |
Admin Years1: | 1904–1906 |
Admin Team1: | Penn (IA) |
Overall Record: | 19–8–5 (football) 0–2 (baseball) |
Joseph William Zalusky (March 30, 1881 – November 7, 1970) was a minor league baseball player[1] and an American football player and coach.[2] He served as the head football coach at Penn College—now known as William Penn University—in Oskaloosa, Iowa from 1904 to 1910, compiling a record of 19–8–5.[3] As a college football player at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois, he was part of a 1902 squad that beat Northwestern, Kansas, and Notre Dame in three consecutive games.[4]