Rolla Anderson Explained

Rolla Anderson
Birth Date:1 August 1920
Player Sport1:Football
Player Years2:1941–1942
Player Team2:Southeast Missouri State
Player Years3:1943
Player Team3:Western Michigan
Player Sport4:Basketball
Player Years5:1941–1943
Player Team5:Southeast Missouri State
Player Years6:1943–1944
Player Team6:Western Michigan
Player Positions:End (football)
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1953–1966
Coach Team2:Kalamazoo
Coach Sport3:Basketball
Coach Years4:1953–1955
Coach Team4:Kalamazoo
Overall Record:56–56–1 (football)
12–25 (basketball)
Championships:Football
2 MIAA (1962–1963)

Rolla Leonard Anderson (August 1, 1920 – April 25, 2018) was an American football and basketball coach. He served as the head football at Kalamazoo College in Kalamazoo, Michigan for 14 seasons, from 1953 to 1966, compiling a record of 56–56–1.[1] Anderson was also the head basketball coach at Kalamazoo for two seasons, from 1953 to 1955, tallying a mark of 12–25.

Life and career

A native of Mount Vernon, Illinois, Anderson played football and basketball at Southeast Missouri State Teachers College, now Southeast Missouri State University, and at Western Michigan College, now Western Michigan University, graduating from the latter in 1944. Anderson married Patricia Jean Anderson (November 18, 1922 – March 15, 2010) on December 23, 1944 in Washington, D.C.[2] He died in April 2018 at the age of 97.[3]

Head coaching record

Football

Notes and References

  1. Web site: DeLassus . David . Kalamazoo Coaching Records . . December 2, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101121023910/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iii/miaa/kalamazoo/coaching_records.php . November 21, 2010.
  2. Web site: Patricia Jean Anderson 1922 - 2010 - Obituary . Tributes.com . December 4, 2010.
  3. http://obits.mlive.com/obituaries/kalamazoo/obituary.aspx?n=rolla-leonard-anderson&pid=188851636&fhid=8372 Rolla Leonard Anderson Obituary