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.
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]