Cliff Olson
Clifford Orin Olson (February 7, 1905 – December 6, 1990) was an American college football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Pacific Lutheran University from 1926 to 1941 and again in 1946.[1] Olson also coached basketball, track, golf, and tennis as Pacific Lutheran. He was the school's athletic director and taught Latin, history, and physical education.
Biographical details | |
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Born | Benson, Minnesota, U.S. | February 7, 1905
Died | December 6, 1990 85) Tacoma, Washington, U.S. | (aged
Playing career | |
Football | |
1923–1926 | Luther |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1929–1941 | Pacific Lutheran |
1946 | Pacific Lutheran |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 64–33–6 (football) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
Football 3 WINCO (1939–1941) | |
Olson was born in Benson, Minnesota and graduated in 1927 with a bachelor's degree from Luther College in Decorah, Iowa. He died on December 6, 1990.[2]
Head coaching record
Football
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Pacific Lutheran Gladiators (Independent) (1929–1937) | |||||||||
1929 | Pacific Lutheran | 3–3 | |||||||
1930 | Pacific Lutheran | 5–2 | |||||||
1931 | Pacific Lutheran | 6–3 | |||||||
1932 | Pacific Lutheran | 3–4 | |||||||
1933 | Pacific Lutheran | 1–5 | |||||||
1934 | Pacific Lutheran | 5–2 | |||||||
1935 | Pacific Lutheran | 5–1–1 | |||||||
1936 | Pacific Lutheran | 5–0–2 | |||||||
1937 | Pacific Lutheran | 3–3–1 | |||||||
Pacific Lutheran Gladiators (Washington Intercollegiate Conference) (1938–1941) | |||||||||
1938 | Pacific Lutheran | 2–5–1 | 0–3 | 4th | |||||
1939 | Pacific Lutheran | 7–1 | 2–1 | T–1st | |||||
1940 | Pacific Lutheran | 8–0 | 4–0 | 1st | |||||
1941 | Pacific Lutheran | 8–1 | 4–0 | 1st | |||||
Pacific Lutheran Gladiators (Washington Intercollegiate Conference) (1946) | |||||||||
1946 | Pacific Lutheran | 3–3–1 | 2–2–1 | 3rd | |||||
Pacific Lutheran: | 64–33–6 | 12–6–1 | |||||||
Total: | 64–33–6 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth |
References
- Who's Who in American Sports. National Biographical Society. 1928. p. 612. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
- "Ex-PLU athletic director, coach Clifford Colson dies". The Morning News Tribune. Tacoma, Washington. December 7, 1990. p. B2. Retrieved July 18, 2022 – via Newspapers.com
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