Biographical details | |
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Born | Orrville, Ohio, U.S. | August 17, 1902
Died | August 1977 Sun City, California, U.S. |
Playing career | |
Football | |
1922–1924 | Wooster |
Basketball | |
c. 1924 | Wooster |
Baseball | |
c. 1924 | Wooster |
1927 | Cambridge Canners |
1928 | Jersey City Skeeters |
1928 | Bridgeport Bears |
1929 | Jersey City Skeeters |
1929 | Springfield Ponies |
Position(s) | Pitcher (baseball) |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1927–1934 | Ashland HS (OH) |
1935–1942 | Kent State |
Basketball | |
1935–1942 | Kent State |
Baseball | |
1936–1938 | Kent State |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1935–1943 | Kent State |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 34–28–3 (college football) 111–96 (college basketball) 18–9 (college baseball) |
George Donald "Rosy" Starn (August 17, 1902 – August 1977) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Kent State University from 1935 to 1942, compiling a record of 34–28–3. Starn coached at Ashland High School in Ashland, Ohio for eight years before he was hired at Kent State.[1]