Stanley Evans Borleske (August 20, 1888 – January 3, 1967)[1] was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach. He served as the head football coach at North Dakota Agricultural College—now North Dakota State University (1919–1921, 1923–1924, 1928) and at Fresno State Teachers College—now California State University, Fresno (1929–1932), compiling a career college football head coaching record of 36–36–7. Borleske's 1930 Fresno State Bulldogs football team is one of only three in program history to complete a season undefeated. Borleske coached basketball at North Dakota Agricultural from 1919 to 1922 and at Fresno State from 1934 to 1939, tallying a mark of 75–75. He was also the head baseball coach at the two schools, from 1920 to 1921 and 1923 to 1924 at North Dakota Agricultural and from 1930 to 1941 at Fresno State, amassing a record of 99–58–1.
 Borleske cropped from 1910 Michigan football team photograph | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 20, 1888 Albert Lea, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Died | January 3, 1967 (aged 78) Whittier, California, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1907 | Whitman |
| 1908–1910 | Michigan |
| Baseball | |
| 1908 | Whitman |
| 1911 | Dallas Giants |
| Position(s) | End (football) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1919–1921 | North Dakota Agricultural |
| 1923–1924 | North Dakota Agricultural |
| 1928 | North Dakota Agricultural |
| 1929–1932 | Fresno State |
| Basketball | |
| 1919–1922 | North Dakota Agricultural |
| 1934–1939 | Fresno State |
| Baseball | |
| 1920–1921 | North Dakota Agricultural |
| 1923–1924 | North Dakota Agricultural |
| 1930–1941 | Fresno State |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1919–1925 | North Dakota Agricultural |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 36–36–7 (football) 75–75 (basketball) 99–58–1 (baseball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 1 Far Western Conference (1930) | |
Borleske selected the North Dakota Agricultural's mascot, the bison. He grew up in Spokane, Washington and attended Whitman College, where he played football and basketball and ran track during the 1907–08 academic year. He played football at the University of Michigan from 1908 to 1910.[2][3][4][5]
In 1964, Borleske was inducted into the Fresno County Athletic Hall of Fame.[6] He died in Whittier, California in 1967 of an apparent heart attack at age 78.[7]
Head coaching record
editFootball
edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota Agricultural Aggies (Independent) (1919–1921) | |||||||||
| 1919 | North Dakota Agricultural | 5–1–1 | |||||||
| 1920 | North Dakota Agricultural | 2–3–1 | |||||||
| 1921 | North Dakota Agricultural | 3–3–1 | |||||||
| North Dakota Agricultural Bison (North Central Conference) (1923–1924) | |||||||||
| 1923 | North Dakota Agricultural | 2–4–1 | 1–3 | 7th | |||||
| 1924 | North Dakota Agricultural | 5–3 | 3–3 | 4th | |||||
| North Dakota Agricultural Bison (North Central Conference) (1928) | |||||||||
| 1928 | North Dakota Agricultural | 3–4–1 | 1–3 | T–3rd | |||||
| North Dakota Agricultural: | 20–18–5 | 5–9 | |||||||
| Fresno State Bulldogs (Far Western Conference) (1929–1932) | |||||||||
| 1929 | Fresno State | 1–7 | 1–4 | 6th | |||||
| 1930 | Fresno State | 8–0 | 5–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1931 | Fresno State | 4–6 | 3–2 | 5th | |||||
| 1932 | Fresno State | 3–5–2 | 0–3–1 | 6th | |||||
| Fresno State: | 16–18–2 | 9–9–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 36–36–7 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Bentley Historical Library Necrology File.
- ^ "Stanley Evans Borleske" (PDF). Fresno Athletic Hall of Fame.
- ^ "Stanley Borleske To Go To Michigan". Spokane Daily Chronicle. September 16, 1909.
- ^ "Football Coach Uses Science To Detect Loafers on Squad" (PDF). The New York Times. October 15, 1922.
- ^ "FORWARD PASSES WIN FOR MICHIGAN; Wells Heaves Two in Succession and Touchdown Follows Quickly on Minnesota" (PDF). The New York Times. October 20, 1910.
- ^ "Fresno County Athletic Hall of Fame Home". Fresno County Athletic Hall of Fame | Home. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
- ^ "Ex-Fresno Coach, Borleske, 78, Dies". Los Angeles Times. January 5, 1967. p. 51.
External links
edit- Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)