Roy Engle | |
Birth Date: | 25 November 1917 |
Birth Place: | Sheldon, Iowa, U.S. |
Death Place: | Rancho Bernardo, California, U.S. |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1936–1939 |
Player Team2: | USC |
Player Years3: | 1943 |
Player Team3: | Saint Mary's Pre-Flight |
Player Sport4: | Baseball |
Player Years5: | 1940 |
Player Team5: | Tulsa Oilers |
Player Years6: | 1940 |
Player Team6: | Tyler Trojans |
Player Positions: | Fullback (football) Catcher (baseball) |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1945 |
Coach Team2: | Olathe NAS |
Coach Years3: | 1947–1948 |
Coach Team3: | USC (RB) |
Coach Years4: | 1949–1951 |
Coach Team4: | Santa Barbara |
Coach Sport5: | Baseball |
Coach Years6: | 1942 |
Coach Team6: | Hoover HS (CA) |
Coach Years7: | 1952–1953 |
Coach Team7: | Santa Barbara |
Coach Years8: | 1953–1960 |
Coach Team8: | Hoover HS (CA) |
Overall Record: | 17–16 (college football) 30–25 (college baseball) |
Roy Winfield Engle (November 25, 1917 – July 7, 2005) was an American football and baseball player and coach. After completing a college football career at the University of Southern California (USC), he served as the head football coach at Santa Barbara College of the University of California—now known as the University of California, Santa Barbara—from 1949 to 1951, compiling a record of 14–14.[1] He was also the head baseball coach at Santa Barbara from 1952 to 1952, tallying a mark of 30–25.
Engle also spent a summer in the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Browns minor league program.[2]
His son, Dave Engle, played major league baseball for the Minnesota Twins.