Marty Karow Explained

Marty Karow
Birth Date:18 July 1904
Birth Place:Braddock, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Death Place:Bryan, Texas, U.S.
Player Sport1:Football
Player Years2:1924–1926
Player Team2:Ohio State
Player Sport3:Baseball
Player Years4:1925–1927
Player Team4:Ohio State
Player Years5:1927
Player Team5:Lewiston Twins
Player Years6:1927
Player Team6:Waterbury Brasscos
Player Years7:1927
Player Team7:Boston Red Sox
Player Years8:1928
Player Team8:Waco Cubs
Player Years9:1929
Player Team9:Des Moines Demons
Player Years10:1929–1930
Player Team10:Pueblo Steelworkers
Player Positions:Fullback (football)
Shortstop, third baseman (baseball)
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1939
Coach Team2:Texas A&M (assistant)
Coach Years3:1942
Coach Team3:Corpus Christi NAS
Coach Sport4:Basketball
Coach Years5:1934–1936
Coach Team5:Texas
Coach Years6:1941–1942
Coach Team6:Texas A&M
Coach Years7:1945–1950
Coach Team7:Texas A&M
Coach Sport8:Baseball
Coach Years9:1936
Coach Team9:Navy
Coach Years10:1938–1941
Coach Team10:Texas A&M
Coach Years11:1948–1950
Coach Team11:Texas A&M
Coach Years12:1951–1975
Coach Team12:Ohio State
Overall Record:78–113 (basketball)
580–423–17 (baseball)
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Martin Gregory Karow [born Karowsky] (July 18, 1904 – April 27, 1986) was an All-American college football player and a professional baseball player.

Biography

Karow was a fullback on the Ohio State University football team from 1924 through 1926. In 1926, he was team captain and led the team to a 7–1 record. After the season, he was named to several All America teams.

After college, he became a backup infielder in Major League Baseball who played in six games for the Boston Red Sox in the 1927 season. A native of Braddock, Pennsylvania, he batted and threw right-handed.

Karow hit .200, going two for 10 with one double.

Following his playing career, Karow served as the basketball head coach of the University of Texas during the 1934–35 and 1935–36 seasons and as a baseball coach at the United States Naval Academy (1936). He later coached for the Texas A&M University (1938–1941, 1948–1950) and Ohio State University baseball teams, leading the Buckeyes to the College World Series four times (1951, 1965–1967), including the 1966 College World Series title. He also served in the military during World War II.

Death

Karow died of a heart attack, at age 81, on April 27, 1986, in Bryan, Texas.[1]

Head coaching record

Baseball

Notes and References

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