Pete Tillman Explained

Pete Tillman
Birth Date:9 May 1922
Birth Place:Mangum, Oklahoma, U.S.
Death Place:Farmington, New Mexico, U.S.
Player Years1:1946–1948
Player Team1:Oklahoma
Player Years2:1949
Player Team2:Baltimore Colts (AAFC)
Player Positions:Center
Coach Years1:1954
Coach Team1:Wichita (assistant)
Coach Years2:1955–1956
Coach Team2:Wichita
Coach Years3:1957 (spring)
Coach Team3:Washington (assistant)
Overall Record:11–8–1
Championships:1 MVC (1955)

Alonzo Monroe Tillman (May 9, 1922 – March 31, 1998), better known as Pete Tillman, was an American football player and coach. He played college football at the University of Oklahoma from 1946 to 1948 and professionally in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) with the Baltimore Colts in 1949. Tillman served as the head football coach at the Municipal University of Wichita—now Wichita State University —from 1955 to 1956, compiling a record of 11–8–1.[1] Tillman's team won a share of the Missouri Valley Conference championship in 1955 with a record of 7–2–1.[2] Tillman served briefly as an assistant coach at the University of Washington in the spring of 1957. He resigned in April to go into private business in Wichita, Kansas.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Blue Book of College Athletics. 1956.
  2. http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_game_by_game.php?coachid=4117&year=1955 College Football Data Warehouse
  3. News: Tillman Quits as Huskie Grid Aid . . . April 3, 1957 . September 28, 2014 .