Sylvester E. Paulus
Sylvester Edward Paulus (March 12, 1899 – December 31, 1959) was an American football and basketball coach.
 Paulus, pictured in The Trail, Yearbook of Daniel Baker College, 1921 | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 12, 1899 Chicago, Illinois |
| Died | December 31, 1959 (aged 60) Chicago, Illinois |
| Alma mater | Hanover (1920) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1919 | Hanover |
| 1920 | Daniel Baker |
| c. 1922 | Nogales HS (AZ) |
| c. 1924–1926 | Tucson HS (AZ) |
| 1928–1929 | Stout Normal |
| Basketball | |
| 1919–1920 | Hanover |
| 1929–1930 | Stout Normal |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 2–23–2 (college football) 8–11 (college basketball) |
Hanover
Paulus was a 1920 graduate of Hanover College in Hanover, Indiana.[1] He served as the school's head football coach (1919) and head basketball coach (1919–1920).[2]
Daniel Baker and Stout Normal
Paulus served as the head football coach at Daniel Baker College in 1920 and the University of Wisconsin–Stout–then known as Stout Normal Institute–from 1928 to 1929. He also coach Stout's basketball team.[3]
Later life and death
Until about 1945, Paulus operated a hotel in Bar Harbor, Michigan. He subsequently ran a booking agency for speakers at high schools and colleges. Paulus died on December 31, 1959, in Chicago, Illinois.[4]
Head coaching record
Football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hanover Panthers (Independent) (1919) | |||||||||
| 1919 | Hanover | 0–6–1 | |||||||
| Hanover: | 0–6–1 | ||||||||
| Daniel Baker Hillbillies (Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1920) | |||||||||
| 1920 | Daniel Baker | 0–7 | |||||||
| Daniel Baker: | 0–7 | ||||||||
| Stout Normal (Inter-Normal Athletic Conference of Wisconsin) (1928–1929) | |||||||||
| 1928 | Stout Normal | 2–5–1 | 1–4–1 | 8th | |||||
| 1929 | Stout Normal | 0–5–1 | 0–3–1 | 9th | |||||
| Stout Normal: | 2–10–2 | 1–7–2 | |||||||
| Total: | 2–23–2 | ||||||||
References
- "Degrees Conferred". Madison Daily Herald. June 10, 1920. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
- "Records". Hanover Panthers men's basketball. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
- "Men's Basketball Records" (PDF). Wisconsin–Stout Blue Devils men's basketball. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
- "Ex-Tucson Grid Boss Succumbs; Sylvester Paulus Dies In Chicago". Arizona Daily Star. Tucson, Arizona. January 2, 1960. p. 15. Retrieved May 8, 2019 – via Newspapers.com
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