Alpha Brumage
 Brumage pictured in The Bomb 1913, VMI yearbook | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1880-03-16)March 16, 1880 Mitchell County, Kansas |
| Died | March 11, 1963(1963-03-11) (aged 82) San Antonio, Texas |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1901–1903 | Kansas |
| Position(s) | Fullback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1904–1907 | Ottawa (KS) |
| 1908–1909 | William Jewell |
| 1911–1912 | VMI |
| 1913–1914 | Kentucky |
| Basketball | |
| 1908–1910 | William Jewell |
| 1911–1913 | VMI |
| 1913–1915 | Kentucky |
| Baseball | |
| 1914–1915 | Kentucky |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 49–27–1 (football) 49–26 (basketball) 16–13–1 (baseball) |
Alpha Brumage (March 16, 1880 – March 11, 1963) was an American football player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball.
Contents
1 Coaching career
1.1 Ottawa
1.2 VMI
1.3 Kentucky
2 Late life and death
3 Head coaching record
3.1 Football
3.2 Basketball
4 References
5 External links
Coaching career
Ottawa
Brumage was the second head football at Ottawa University in Ottawa, Kansas and he held that position for four seasons, from 1904 until 1907. His coaching record at Ottawa was 14–16–1. This ranks him 11th at Ottawa in total wins and 12th at Ottawa in winning percentage (.500).[1]
Brumage took over the team after a one-year hiatus because the school was attempting to purge professionalism from their college sports teams.
VMI
After completing his tenure at Ottawa, Brumage moved to Lexington, Virginia to become the tenth head football coach at the Virginia Military Institute (VMI). He held that position for two seasons, from 1911 until 1912. His career coaching record at VMI was 13–2. This ranks him eighth at VMI in total wins and first at VMI in winning percentage.[2]
Kentucky
Brumage then went to Kentucky where he was football coach from 1913 to 1914, compiling an 11–5 record, and basketball coach from 1913 to 1915, compiling a 19–7 record.
Late life and death
Brumage retired to San Antonio in the early 1940s. He died there on March 11, 1963.[3]
Head coaching record
Football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ottawa Braves (Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference) (1904–1907) | |||||||||
1904 | Ottawa | 3–5 | |||||||
1905 | Ottawa | 2–6–1 | |||||||
1906 | Ottawa | 5–2 | |||||||
1907 | Ottawa | 4–3 | |||||||
Ottawa: | 14–16–1 | ||||||||
William Jewell Cardinals () (1908–1909) | |||||||||
1908 | William Jewell | 4–2 | |||||||
1909 | William Jewell | 7–2 | |||||||
William Jewell: | 11–4 | ||||||||
VMI Keydets (Independent) (1911–1912) | |||||||||
1911 | VMI | 7–1 | |||||||
1912 | VMI | 6–1 | |||||||
VMI: | 13–2 | ||||||||
Kentucky Wildcats (Independent) (1913–1914) | |||||||||
1913 | Kentucky | 6–2 | |||||||
1914 | Kentucky | 5–3 | |||||||
Kentucky: | 11–5 | ||||||||
| Total: | 49–27–1 | ||||||||
[4]
Basketball
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
William Jewell Cardinals () (1908–1910) | |||||||||
| 1908–09 | William Jewell | 6–7 | |||||||
| 1909–10 | William Jewell | 10–3 | |||||||
William Jewell: | 16–10 | ||||||||
VMI Keydets (Independent) (1911–1913) | |||||||||
| 1911–12 | VMI | 6–5 | |||||||
| 1912–13 | VMI | 8–4 | |||||||
VMI: | 14–9 | ||||||||
Kentucky Wildcats (Independent) (1913–1915) | |||||||||
| 1913–14 | Kentucky | 12–2 | |||||||
| 1914–15 | Kentucky | 7–5 | |||||||
Kentucky: | 19–7 | ||||||||
| Total: | 49–26 | ||||||||
[5][6]
References
^ "2012 Football Media Guide" (PDF). Ottawa Braves. p. 7. Retrieved February 26, 2013..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
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^ Virginia Military Institute Coaching Records Archived December 31, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
^ "Former Coach Dies. Col. Brumage Was Coach at Ottawa, William Jewell". The Kansas City Times. Kansas City, Missouri. Associated Press. March 12, 1963. p. 13. Retrieved May 15, 2016 – via Newspapers.com
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^ Ottawa Braves Football – All-time Results
^ 2013–14 VMI Basketball Fact Book
^ "Kentucky Wildcats Men's Basketball – All-time results". Archived from the original on 2013-05-23. Retrieved 2014-07-08.
External links
Alpha Brumage at Find a Grave
