Pop Ivy
Ivy in 1961
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| Date of birth | January 25, 1916 |
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| Place of birth | Skiatook, Oklahoma |
| Date of death | May 17, 2003 (aged 87) |
| Place of death | Norman, Oklahoma |
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| Position(s) | End |
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) |
| Weight | 208 lb (94 kg) |
| College | Oklahoma |
| NFL draft | 1940 / Round: 4 / Pick: 27 |
| Drafted by | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| Career history | |
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| 1948–1953 | Oklahoma (assistant) |
| 1954–1957 | Edmonton Eskimos WIFU |
| 1958–1961 | Chicago Cardinals/St. Louis Cardinals NFL |
| 1962–1963 | Houston Oilers AFL |
| 1965–1984 | New York Giants NFL |
| As player | |
| 1937–1939 | Oklahoma |
| 1940 | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| 1940–1947 | Chicago Cardinals |
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Head coaching record
Regular season
WIFU: 50–14 (.781)
NFL: 15–31–2 (.333)
AFL: 17–11 (.607)
Postseason
WIFU: 11–4 (.733)
AFL: 0–1 (.000)
Career record
Frank "Pop" Ivy (January 25, 1916 – May 17, 2003) was a football player and coach who holds the unique distinction of being the only person ever to serve as a head coach in the National Football League, the American Football League, and the Western Interprovincial Football Union.
A native of Skiatook, Oklahoma, Ivy was part Native American and earned his nickname because of premature baldness during his playing days. In three years of college football at the University of Oklahoma beginning in 1937, Ivy played both offense and defense for the Sooners, earning All-American honors in 1939 as an end. Ivy never missed a game with the Sooners because of injury, and showed his clutch ability in a 1939 game against the arch-rival Texas Longhorns. Catching a deflected pass late in the contest, Ivy scored the go-ahead touchdown.
Ivy was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1940 NFL draft, but was traded to the Chicago Cardinals on October 17. He would continue to see action on both sides of the ball throughout the rest of his NFL career, and in 1942, he had his best season with 27 receptions, second behind the legendary Don Hutson. His time on the gridiron was interrupted for more than two years by his service in World War II, but he closed out his career in 1947 by helping the franchise to its only NFL title. Ivy was on the sidelines for the NFL Championship, having separated his shoulder just weeks earlier.
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