Biographical details | |
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Born | Dover, Ohio, U.S. | October 22, 1913
Died | January 2, 1999 Naples, Florida, U.S. | (aged 85)
Playing career | |
1933–1935 | Ohio State |
Position(s) | End |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1936–1940 | Shaw HS (OH) |
1941 | Ohio State (freshmen) |
1942 | Iowa Pre-Flight (ends) |
1945 | Ohio State (assistant) |
1946–1963 | Kent State |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1946–1956 | Kent State |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 92–63–5 (college) |
Bowls | 0–1 |
Trevor J. Rees (October 22, 1913 – January 2, 1999) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator.
Rees was born on October 22, 1913, in Dover, Ohio. He attended Dover High School, where he succeeded as a multi-sport star athlete, graduating in 1932. He played college football at Ohio State University from 1933 to 1935.[1]
Rees served as the head football coach at Kent State University from 1946 to 1963, compiling a record of 92–63–5. His 92 wins are the most of any head coach in the history of the Kent State Golden Flashes football program. Rees was also the athletic director at Kent State from 1946 to 1956. He entered the United States Navy in 1942 and worked as an ends coach with the Iowa Pre-Flight Seahawks under Bernie Bierman. He also established sports programs at four bases in South America during World War II.[2]
He died on January 2, 1999, at his home in Naples, Florida.[3]