Elmer Mitchell
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1889 – 1983
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Who was Elmer Mitchell?
Elmer D. Mitchell was an American football and basketball coach in Michigan who is considered the father of intramural sports. He was the first varsity basketball coach at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and the founder of that school's intramural sports program. Through 2010, he has the highest winning percentage of any head coach in Eastern Michigan Eagles men's basketball history.
Mitchell also coached at Union High School in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and received a Medal of Honor from Czechoslovakia for his work in the field of intramural athletics.
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- Born
- Sep 6, 1889
- Also known as
- Elmer Dayton Mitchell
- Education
- University of Michigan
- Died
- Jun 15, 1983
Ann Arbor
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on July 23, 2013
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