Pinky Spruhan

Pinky Spruhan
Biographical details
Born(1890-11-09)November 9, 1890
Waveland, Indiana, U.S.
DiedDecember 31, 1965(1965-12-31) (aged 75)
Roanoke, Virginia, U.S.
Alma materOhio Northern University
University of Mississippi
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1913–1929Roanoke
1913–1917Salem HS (VA)
Basketball
1913–1920Roanoke
1913–1918Salem HS (VA)
1919–1922VMI
1921–1930Roanoke
Baseball
1913–1930Roanoke

Guy Harvey "Pinky" Spruhan (November 9, 1890 – December 31, 1965) was an American college football, basketball, and baseball coach. Born and raised in Waveland, Indiana, Spruhan spent over fifty years of his life involved in Virginia sports, including tenure as a head coach of Roanoke College and the Virginia Military Institute. He attended college at Ohio Northern University as well as the University of Mississippi, at which he was a standout athlete in football, basketball, and baseball.