Rollie Boldt Explained

Rollie Boldt
Birth Date:4 April 1904[1]
Death Place:Maumee, Ohio, U.S.
Player Sport1:Men's basketball
Player Years1:1923–1924
Player Team1:National Supply
Player Years2:1924–1927
Player Team2:Oak Harbor American Legion
Player Years3:1927
Player Team3:Scott Shops
Player Years4:1927–1930
Player Team4:Toledo Red Man Tobaccos
Player Positions:Guard
Coach Sport1:Men's basketball
Coach Years1:1923–1930
Coach Team1:Woodward Technical HS (OH) (Asst.)
Coach Years2:1930–1937
Coach Team2:Point Place HS (OH)
Coach Years3:1944–1946
Coach Team3:Toledo
Coach Years4:1947–1954
Coach Team4:Toledo (Asst.)
Overall Record:29–11 (NCAA)

Rolland Edward Boldt (April 4, 1904 – March 13, 1972) was an American basketball player and coach who was the head coach of the Toledo Rockets men's basketball team from 1944 to 1946.

Playing career

Boldt played basketball at Woodward Technical High School and was captain of the 1922–23 team.[2] After graduating, he played professionally and semiprofessionally for the National Supply, Oak Harbor American Legion, Scott Shops, and Toledo Red Man Tobaccos teams.

Coaching

Boldt served as an assistant at Woodward Tech while attending the University of Toledo. After graduating, he was the head basketball and baseball coach at Point Place High School. In 1932, the Point Place baseball team won the Class B District championship. The high school closed in 1937 after Point Place was annexed into the city of Toledo and Boldt became a teacher at the Point Place Junior High School.

Boldt returned to coaching in 1944, when he was named head basketball coach at the University of Toledo.[3] Toledo played a limited schedule that season due to World War II finish the year with a 9–4 record. The war ended in time for the school to arrange a stronger schedule for the 1945–46 season and the Rockets went 20–7. Boldt resigned after the season allow a full-time coach to be hired, but returned in 1947 as an assistant to Jerry Bush.[4] [5] Boldt coached the team for the first two games of the 1952–53 season while Bush was away on a scouting trip.[6] He resigned in 1954, as the university wanted an assistant basketball coach who was a full-time staff member while Boldt did not want to lose his tenure in the Toledo City School District.[7]

Later life

From 1949 until his retirement in 1966, Boldt was a social studies and orientation teacher at Macomber High School. In 1953, he coached the Macomber tennis team to the city championship. He also served as manager of the Jermain Park tennis courts from 1947 to 1965. He died on March 13, 1972, at St. Luke's Hospital.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rollie Boldt . Pro Basketball Encyclopedia . 31 March 2024.
  2. News: Meade . Dick . Random Shots . 31 March 2024 . The Toledo News-Bee . March 29, 1923.
  3. News: Rollie Boldt Named U. Basketball Coach . 31 March 2024 . Toledo Blade . October 17, 1944.
  4. News: French . Bob . Mirrors of Sport . Toledo Blade . March 29, 1946.
  5. News: Rothman . Seymour . Boldt And Bush See Eye-To-Eye . 31 March 2024 . Toledo Blade . January 22, 1950.
  6. News: TU Cage Coach To Miss Rockets' Opening Game . 31 March 2024 . Toledo Blade . November 18, 1952.
  7. News: Rollie Boldt Quits At TU As Assistant Cage Coach . 31 March 2024 . Toledo Blade . July 9, 1954.
  8. News: Rolland Boldt . 31 March 2024 . Toledo Blade . March 13, 1972.