Clark Van Galder
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| Sport(s) | Football, basketball, track |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
February 6, 1909 Janesville, Wisconsin |
| Died | November 16, 1965 (aged 56) Madison, Wisconsin |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1932–1937 | South Milwaukee HS (WI) |
| 1938–1947 | Washington Park HS (WI) |
| 1948–1951 | La Crosse State Teachers |
| 1952–1958 | Fresno State |
| 1959–1965 | Wisconsin (assistant) |
| Basketball | |
| 1948–1952 | La Crosse State Teachers |
| 1953–1954 | Fresno State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 77–27–3 (college football) |
| Bowls | 1–0 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 3 Wisconsin State Teachers College Conference (1949–1951) 2 CCAA (1954, 1958) |
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Clark Van Galder (February 6, 1909 – November 16, 1965) was an American football, basketball player, track athlete, and coach. He served as the head football coach at La Crosse State Teachers, now University of Wisconsin–La Crosse, from 1948 to 1951 and at Fresno State College, now California State University, Fresno, from 1952 to 1958, compiling a career college football record of 77–27–3. Van Galder died on November 16, 1965 after collapsing at a banquet in Madison, Wisconsin. He had five sons, the fourth of which, Tim, played football as a quarterback at Iowa State University and then in the National Football League (NFL) with the New York Jets and St. Louis Cardinals.
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