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American football coach and professor
Edwin Elbel
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Born
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1895-11-24
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November 24, 1895
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Died
| July 5, 1983
(1983-07-05)
(aged 87)
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1923?1927
| Ottawa
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1921?1922
| Ottawa
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1925?1927
| Ottawa
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Overall
| 14?21?7 (football)
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Edwin R. Elbel
(November 24, 1895 ? July 5, 1983) was an
American football
coach and university professor. He was the tenth head football at
Ottawa University
in
Ottawa, Kansas
, serving five seasons, from 1923 to 1927, compiling a record of 14?21?7.
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Elbel received a bachelor's degree from
Springfield College
in 1920 and a second bachelor's from Ottawa in 1925. He later returned to Springfield College and was awarded a master's degree in 1928. The
University of Iowa
awarded him a Doctor of Philosophy in 1938. In 1928, Elbel joined the faculty at the
University of Kansas
in the Department of Physical Education and reached full professor status in 1946. He retired in 1966 and died in 1983.
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While at the University of Kansas, he kept meticulous records on the height and weight of college students, as well as completing a study of response time before and after exercise.
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