Art Dufelmeier
American football player and coach (1923–2010)
Dufelmeier pictured in Sequel 1961, Western Illinois yearbook | |
Biographical details | |
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Born | (1923-07-21)July 21, 1923 Beardstown, Illinois, U.S. |
Died | February 4, 2010(2010-02-04) (aged 86) Havana, Illinois, U.S. |
Playing career | |
1942, 1946–1947 | Illinois |
Position(s) | Halfback |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1957–1959 | Western Illinois (assistant) |
1960–1968 | Western Illinois |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 37–39–2 (college) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
1 IIAC (1964) | |
Arthur J. Dufelmeier (July 21, 1923 – February 4, 2010)[1] was the head football coach at Western Illinois University in Macomb, Illinois and he held that position for nine seasons, from 1960 until 1968. His record at Western Illinois was 37–39–2.[2]
Dufelmeier played football as a halfback at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, leading the Fighting Illini to a win at the 1947 Rose Bowl. He finished his coaching career at Havana High School, which now has its home field named after their coach.
Head coaching record
College
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Western Illinois Leathernecks (Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1960–1968) | |||||||||
1960 | Western Illinois | 6–2 | 5–1 | 2nd | |||||
1961 | Western Illinois | 5–3 | 4–2 | T–2nd | |||||
1962 | Western Illinois | 5–3 | 2–2 | 3rd | |||||
1963 | Western Illinois | 6–3 | 3–1 | 2nd | |||||
1964 | Western Illinois | 6–3 | 3–1 | T–1st | |||||
1965 | Western Illinois | 4–5 | 2–2 | 3rd | |||||
1966 | Western Illinois | 1–7–1 | 1–2 | 3rd | |||||
1967 | Western Illinois | 2–6 | 1–2 | T–3rd | |||||
1968 | Western Illinois | 2–7–1 | 1–2 | T–3rd | |||||
Western Illinois: | 37–39–2 | 3–0 | |||||||
Total: | 37–39–2 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth |
References
- ^ 1947 Rose Bowl: Dufelmeier went on to coach and just appreciate life[permanent dead link]
- ^ Western Illinois Coaching Records Archived May 19, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
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Western Illinois Leathernecks head football coaches
- No coach (1903)
- L. H. Laughlin (1904)
- A. Laughlin (1905)
- Oliver Morton Dickerson (1906)
- Charles A. Barnett (1907–1908)
- Francis Taft (1909)
- Oliver Morton Dickerson (1910)
- Albert Walrath (1911)
- Unknown (1912–1913)
- Edward S. Dowell (1914)
- Erskine Jay (1915–1917)
- No team (1918)
- Erskine Jay (1919)
- W. A. Cleveland (1920–1921)
- Howard Hawkes (1922–1925)
- Ray Hanson (1926–1941)
- Wix Garner (1942–1943)
- Bob Barnwell (1944)
- Wix Garner (1945–1947)
- Harold Ave (1948)
- Vince DiFrancesca (1949–1953)
- Wes Stevens (1954–1956)
- Lou Saban (1957–1959)
- Art Dufelmeier (1960–1968)
- Darrell Mudra (1969–1973)
- Brodie Westen (1974–1975)
- Bill Shanahan (1976–1978)
- Pete Rodriguez (1979–1982)
- Bruce Craddock (1983–1989)
- Randy Ball (1990–1998)
- Don Patterson (1999–2009)
- Mark Hendrickson (2008–2012)
- Bob Nielson (2013–2015)
- Charlie Fisher (2016–2017)
- Jared Elliott (2018–2021)
- Myers Hendrickson (2022–2023)
- Joe Davis (2024– )
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