Leo Calland

Leo Calland
Biographical details
c. 1925
Sport(s)	Football, basketball
Born	(1901-02-24)February 24, 1901 Ohio
Died	March 17, 1984(1984-03-17) (aged 83) La Jolla, California
Playing career
Football
1920–1922	USC
Position(s)	Guard (football)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1924	USC (assistant)
1925–1826	Whittier
1927–1928	USC (assistant)
1929–1934	Idaho
1935–1941	San Diego State
Basketball
1927–1929	USC
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1929–1934	Idaho
Head coaching record
Overall	62–61–5 (football) 38–10 (basketball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football: 2 SCIAC (1936–1937) Basketball: 1 PCC (1928)

Leo Blakely Calland (February 24, 1901 – March 17, 1984) was an American football and basketball player and coach who later became a San Diego city parks administrator. He was the head football coach at Whittier College (1925–1926), the University of Idaho 1929–1934), and San Diego State College (1935–1941), compiling a career college football record of 62–61–5. For two seasons, Calland was also the head basketball coach at the University of Southern California (USC), his alma mater, tallying a mark of 38–10 from 1927 to 1929.

Born in Ohio, Calland moved with his family as a child to western Washington, where he attended school in a log cabin on Lopez Island in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, where all of the other students were Native Americans. He was an outstanding athlete at Broadway High School in Seattle, where he played football under coach Gus Henderson.

Henderson became the head football coach at USC in Los Angeles in 1919, and Calland followed him south. He lettered as a guard for three seasons (1920–1922) and as a senior was named both team captain and most inspirational player on USC's first Rose Bowl team. Calland was named player of the game in the Trojans' 14–3 victory over Penn State on New Year's Day, the first bowl game in the current namesake stadium, and also lettered in basketball at USC.