LeRoy Heminger
LeRoy Frederich Heminger (1914 – March 27, 1977) was an American football coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Shurtleff College in Alton, Illinois from 1946 to 1948 and Franklin College in Franklin, Indiana from 1949 to 1952.[1] Heminger was the athletic director at Paoli High School in Paoli, Indiana from 1938 until 1941, when he was hired by Shurtleff College.[2] He also coached basketball and track at Shurtleff before he was hired in 1949 by Franklin College to coach football, baseball, and golf.[3]
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1914 |
| Died | March 27, 1977 (aged 62) Franklin, Indiana |
| Alma mater | Franklin (BA) Indiana (MS) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1946–1948 | Shurtleff |
| 1949–1952 | Franklin (IN) |
| Basketball | |
| c. 1941–1949 | Shurtleff |
| 1963–1969 | Emmerich Manual HS (IN) |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1938–1941 | Paolo HS (IN) |
| 1946–1949 | Shurtleff |
| 1969–1977 | Emmerich Manual HS (IN) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 26–29–4 (college football) |
Heminger was a graduate of Franklin College.[4] He died on March 27, 1977, at Johnson Country Memorial Hospital in Franklin.[5]
Head coaching record
College football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shurtleff Pioneers (Independent) (1946–1948) | |||||||||
| 1946 | Shurtleff | 4–2–3 | |||||||
| 1947 | Shurtleff | 6–3 | |||||||
| 1948 | Shurtleff | 4–4 | |||||||
| Shurtleff: | 14–9–3 | ||||||||
| Franklin Grizzlies (Hoosier Conference) (1949–1952) | |||||||||
| 1949 | Franklin | 3–4–1 | 2–3–1 | T–5th | |||||
| 1950 | Franklin | 2–7 | 1–5 | 8th | |||||
| 1951 | Franklin | 2–6 | 1–5 | T–6th | |||||
| 1952 | Franklin | 5–3 | 4–2 | T–2nd | |||||
| Franklin: | 12–20–1 | 8–15–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 26–29–4 | ||||||||
References
- "The Shurtleff Pioneer". Shurtleff College. April 24, 1947. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
- "Paoli Coach Takes Post At Shurtleff". Journal & Courier. Lafayette, Indiana. May 18, 1941. p. 6. Retrieved May 6, 2019 – via Newspapers.com
- "Shurtleff Coach Gets Franklin College Job". The Dispatch. Moline, Illinois. Associated Press. June 9, 1949. p. 21. Retrieved May 6, 2019 – via Newspapers.com
- "Vivian". Emmerich Manual High School. 1964. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
- "LeRoy Heminger Dies at Franklin". The Columbus Herald. Columbus, Indiana. United Press International. April 1, 1977. p. 6. Retrieved May 6, 2019 – via Newspapers.com
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