Elza Tillman Renfro (April 3, 1902 – September 21, 1935) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach of football, basketball, and track. He served as the head football coach at Arkansas State College—now known as Arkansas State University—for one season in 1933, compiling a record of 2–4–2.[1]
Biographical details | |
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Born | Oklahoma, U.S. | April 3, 1902
Died | September 21, 1935 Jackson, Mississippi, U.S. | (aged 33)
Playing career | |
Football | |
1923 | Arkansas |
Basketball | |
1923–1924 | Arkansas |
Baseball | |
1924 | Arkansas |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1933 | Arkansas State |
1935 | Centenary (assistant) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 2–4–2 |
Renfro died of blood poisoning in 1935.[2]
Head coaching record
editYear | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Arkansas State Indians (Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference) (1933) | |||||||||
1933 | Arkansas State | 2–4–2 | 1–3–1 | ||||||
Arkansas State: | 2–4–2 | 1–3–1 | |||||||
Total: | 2–4–2 |
References
edit- ^ "To Arkansas Post". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. August 24, 1933. Retrieved August 2, 2011.
- ^ "Coach E. T. Renfro of Centenary College Dies". The News-Star. Monroe, Louisiana. Associated Press. September 23, 1935. p. 3. Retrieved January 31, 2016 – via Newspapers.com .