Ernest C. Quigley

Ernest C. Quigley
Biographical details
Born(1880-03-22)March 22, 1880
Newcastle, New Brunswick, Canada
DiedDecember 10, 1960(1960-12-10) (aged 80)
Lawrence, Kansas, U.S.[1]
Alma materUniversity of Kansas
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1900–1901Warrensburg Teachers
1903–1911St. Mary's (KS)
1918Saint Louis
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1944–1950Kansas
Basketball Hall of Fame
Inducted in 1961 (profile)

Baseball career
Quigley umpiring at the 1916 World Series
debut
June 25, 1913
Last appearance
September 18, 1938
Career highlights and awards
Member of the Canadian
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction2021

Ernest Cosmos Quigley (March 22, 1880 – December 10, 1960) was a Canadian-born American sports official who became notable both as a basketball referee and as an umpire in Major League Baseball. He also worked as an American football coach and official.

Born in Canada and raised in Concordia, Kansas, Quigley attended college and law school at the University of Kansas. There he played college basketball under the game's inventor, James Naismith. He became the head football coach at Kansas Wesleyan University and then the athletic director at the University of Kansas. Quigley refereed college basketball for 40 years and umpired more than 3,000 Major League Baseball games. As a college football official, he worked in several bowl games and served on the Rules Committee of the NCAA for several years.

Quigley died in Kansas in 1960.

  1. ^ "Ernie Quigley". Retrosheet. Retrieved December 11, 2021.