![]() Ave pictured in Sequel 1950, Western Illinois yearbook | |
Biographical details | |
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Born | Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. | March 29, 1900
Died | August 9, 1986 Macomb, Illinois, U.S. | (aged 86)
Playing career | |
Football | |
1921 | Carnegie Tech |
c. 1922 | Baldwin–Wallace |
Position(s) | Guard |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
c. 1935 | Willoughby HS (OH) |
1938 | Eastern Illinois |
1939–1942 | Eureka |
1948 | Western Illinois |
Basketball | |
1939–1942 | Eureka |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
c. 1935 | Willoughby HS (OH) |
1939–1942 | Eureka |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 15–28–2 (football) 35–25 (basketball) |
Harold Charles Ave (March 29, 1900 – August 9, 1986) was an American football and basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at Eureka College in 1938, at Eastern Illinois State Teachers College—now known as Eastern Illinois University—from 1939 to 1942, and at Western Illinois University in 1948, compiling a career college football record of 15–28–2. Ave was also the head basketball coach at Eureka from 1939 to 1942, tallying a mark of 35–25.
Ave played college football at Baldwin-Wallace College—now known as Baldwin Wallace University—and the Carnegie Institute of Technology—now known as Carnegie Mellon University. He was the athletic director and head coach at Willoughby High School in Willoughby, Ohio before he was hired at Eastern Illinois.[1]
Head coaching record
[edit]Football
[edit]Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Eastern Illinois Panthers (Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1938) | |||||||||
1938 | Eastern Illinois | 5–3 | 1–3 | T–5th | |||||
Eastern Illinois: | 5–3 | 1–3 | |||||||
Eureka Red Devils (Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1939–1942) | |||||||||
1939 | Eureka | 0–7 | 0–2 | 7th | |||||
1940 | Eureka | 2–5–1 | 0–2 | 8th | |||||
1941 | Eureka | 3–3–1 | 0–0 | NA | |||||
1942 | Eureka | 1–6 | |||||||
Eureka: | 6–21–2 | ||||||||
Western Illinois Leathernecks (Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1948) | |||||||||
1948 | Western Illinois | 4–4 | 1–3 | 3rd | |||||
Western Illinois: | 4–4 | 1–3 | |||||||
Total: | 15–28–2 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Ave Selected To Handle E. I. Football Men". The Pantagraph. Bloomington, Illinois. September 13, 1938. p. 10. Retrieved June 18, 2019 – via Newspapers.com
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