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Doggie Julian

American sports player and coach (1901–1967)


Summary

American sports player and coach (1901–1967)

FieldValue
nameDoggie Julian
imageDoggie Julian.jpg
captionJulian pictured in The Ciarla, 1939, Muhlenberg College yearbook
birth_date
birth_placeReading, Pennsylvania, U.S.
death_date
death_placeWhite River Junction, Vermont, U.S.
player_sport1Football
player_years21920–1922
player_team2Bucknell
player_years31924
player_team3Pottsville Maroons
player_sport4Basketball
player_years51921–1922
player_team5Bucknell
player_sport6Baseball
player_years71922–1923
player_team7Bucknell
player_years81923
player_team8Reading Keystones
player_years91924
player_team9Harrisburg Senators
player_years101924–1925
player_team10York White Roses
player_years111926
player_team11Chambersburg Maroons
player_years121926
player_team12Lawrence Merry Macks
player_positionsEnd (football)
Catcher (baseball)
coach_sport1Basketball
coach_years21936–1945
coach_team2Muhlenberg
coach_years31945–1948
coach_team3Holy Cross
coach_years41948–1950
coach_team4Boston Celtics
coach_years51950–1967
coach_team5Dartmouth
coach_sport6Football
coach_years71925–1928
coach_team7Schuylkill
coach_years81929–1930
coach_team8Albright
coach_years91933–1935
coach_team9Ashland HS (PA)
coach_years101936–1944
coach_team10Muhlenberg
coach_sport11Baseball
coach_years121942–1944
coach_team12Muhlenberg
overall_record379–332 (college basketball)
16–18 (college baseball)
47–81 (BAA/NBA)
77–63–3 (college football)
30–4 (high school football)
tournament_recordBasketball
7–3 (NCAA)
0–2 (NIT)
championshipsBasketball
NCAA (1947)
3 Ivy (1956, 1958, 1959)
BASKHOF_year1968
CBBASKHOF_year2006
BASKHOF_idalvin-f-julian

Catcher (baseball) 16–18 (college baseball) 47–81 (BAA/NBA) 77–63–3 (college football) 30–4 (high school football) 7–3 (NCAA) 0–2 (NIT) NCAA (1947) 3 Ivy (1956, 1958, 1959)

Football 3 Eastern Pennsylvania Collegiate (1939, 1941–1942) PIAA (1935)

Alvin Fred "Doggie" Julian (April 5, 1901 – July 28, 1967) was an American college football coach, a college basketball player and coach, and an National Basketball Association (NBA) coach.

Early life and education

Julian was born in Reading, Pennsylvania. He attended Bucknell University, where he lettered in football, basketball, and baseball, and from which he graduated in 1923

Career

Playing career

From 1923 to 1926, Julian played minor league baseball with a number of clubs: the Reading Keystones, the Harrisburg Senators, the York White Roses, the Chambersburg Maroons, and the Lawrence Merry Macks.

Coaching career

Julian served as the head college basketball coach at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania, from 1936 to 1945, at the College of the Holy Cross from 1945 to 1948, and at Dartmouth College from 1950 to 1967, compiling a career college basketball record of 379–332. Julian led Holy Cross to the NCAA title in 1947. His team, which included later National Basketball Association (NBA) great Bob Cousy, almost repeated this feat in 1948, losing in the semifinals. Dartmouth reached the NCAA tournament three times under him, with their 1959 appearance being their last appearance in the tournament as of 2024; in the eight seasons following 1959, Dartmouth had a losing record six times.

Julian was hired by the Boston Celtics of the NBA after his college success, but he recorded only a 47–81 mark before he was dismissed in 1950. Julian was also the head football coach at Schuylkill College from 1925 to 1928, Albright College from 1929 to 1930, and Mulhlenberg from 1936 to 1944, amassing a career college football record of 77–63–3. In addition, he served as Mulhlenberg's head baseball coach from 1942 to 1944, tallying a mark of 16–18. Julian was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach in 1968.

Death

Julian died on July 28, 1967, at a nursing home in White River Junction, Vermont. He had suffered a stroke the previous December in Rochester, New York while coaching Dartmouth in the Kodak Classic basketball tournament.

Head coaching record

Basketball

College

NBA

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Football

College

High school

References

References

  1. (July 29, 1967). "Doggie Julian, 66, Basketball Coach; Leader of Dartmouth Team for 17 Years Is Dead". [[The New York Times]].
  2. "Alvin Julian BAA/NBA coaching stats". Sports Reference LLC.
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