Bunny Oakes
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| Sport(s) | Football |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
September 15, 1898 Fort Wayne, Indiana |
| Died | October 22, 1970 (aged 72) near Lancaster, Pennsylvania |
| Playing career | |
| 1922–1923 | Illinois |
| Position(s) | Tackle |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1924–1925 | Tennessee (line) |
| 1926–1930 | Nebraska (line) |
| 1931–1934 | Montana |
| 1935–1939 | Colorado |
| 1941–1946 | Wyoming |
| 1947–1948 | Grinnell |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1945–1946 | Wyoming (interim AD) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 43–69–4 |
| Bowls | 0–1 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 2 RMAC (1935, 1937) 1 Mountain States (1939) |
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Bernard F. "Bunny" Oakes (September 15, 1898 – October 22, 1970) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Montana (1931–1934), the University of Colorado at Boulder (1935–1939), the University of Wyoming (1941–1946), and Grinnell College (1947–1948), compiling a career college football record of 43–69–4.
Oakes was born September 15, 1898 in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Oakes grew up in the Chicago area and played high school football at Proviso High School in Maywood, Illinois. Oakes enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1917, and joined the American Expeditionary Forces in France in June 1918. He saw combat action with the 5th Marines in a number of major engagements and was wounded on October 4, 1918. Staying with his unit following the armistice, Oakes played football with the championship 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines team in Germany in 1919. Following the war, Oakes enrolled at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign and played football under coach Bob Zuppke. As a senior at Illinois in 1923, he played on the national championship-winning Fighting Illini football team and participated in the first game at the Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois.
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