Wilmer D. Elfrink Explained

Wilmer D. Elfrink
Birth Date:27 December 1893
Birth Place:Cherokee, Iowa, U.S.
Death Place:Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Player Sport1:Football
Player Years2:1914–1915
Player Team2:Coe
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1919
Coach Team2:Des Moines
Coach Years3:1920
Coach Team3:Fairmount
Coach Years4:1921
Coach Team4:University Farm
Coach Sport5:Basketball
Coach Years6:1920–1921
Coach Team6:Fairmount
Coach Years7:1921–1922
Coach Team7:University Farm
Overall Record:11–9–3 (football)
18–7 (basketball)

Wilmer Dale Elfrink (December 27, 1893 – September 22, 1948) was an American football and basketball coach.[1]

Playing career

Elfrink played sports while attending Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He was a key player on the football team of 1914 under head coach Moray Eby that the college considers to be one of the best teams the school fielded of all time.[2]

Coaching career

Wichita State

Elfrink was the 12th head football coach at Fairmount College—known as now Wichita State UniversityWichita, Kansas, serving for one season, in 1920 season, and compiling a record of 3–4–2.[3] He also served that academic year as head basketball coach, leading his team to a record of 16–2.[4]

UC Davis

The next year, Elfrink became the head football coach at the University Farm—now known as the University of California, Davis—for the 1921 season.[5]

Head coaching record

Football

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wilmer Dale Elfrink 1893–1948 – A Plagge Family History Site . 2013-03-20 . 2018-12-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181206145622/https://gen.plagge.org/individual.php?pid=I10299&ged=plagge.ged#personal_facts . dead .
  2. http://www.public.coe.edu/~wcenter/historyweb/athletics_traditions_and_rivalries_homecoming.htm Coe College
  3. http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/discontinued/w/wichita_state/coaching_records.php Wichita St. Coaching Records
  4. https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/coaches/wilmer-elfrink-1.html Sports Reference
  5. http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_game_by_game.php?coachid=3136&year=1921 College Football Data Warehouse