Biographical details | |
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Born | Waveland, Indiana, U.S. | November 9, 1890
Died | December 31, 1965 Roanoke, Virginia, U.S. | (aged 75)
Alma mater | Ohio Northern University University of Mississippi |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1913–1929 | Roanoke |
1913–1917 | Salem HS (VA) |
Basketball | |
1913–1920 | Roanoke |
1913–1918 | Salem HS (VA) |
1919–1922 | VMI |
1921–1930 | Roanoke |
Baseball | |
1913–1930 | Roanoke |
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.