Zora G. Clevenger
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| Sport(s) | Football, basketball, baseball |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
December 12, 1881 Muncie, Indiana |
| Died | November 24, 1970 (aged 88) Bloomington, Indiana |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1900–1903 | Indiana |
| Position(s) | Halfback (football) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1908–1910 | Nebraska Wesleyan |
| 1911–1915 | Tennessee |
| 1916–1919 | Kansas State |
| Basketball | |
| 1904–1906 | Indiana |
| 1907–1911 | Nebraska Wesleyan |
| 1911–1916 | Tennessee |
| 1916–1920 | Kansas State |
| Baseball | |
| 1905–1906 | Indiana |
| 1908–1911 | Nebraska Wesleyan |
| 1911–1916 | Tennessee |
| 1919–1921 | Kansas State |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1906 | Indiana |
| 1916–1920 | Kansas State |
| 1921–1923 | Missouri |
| 1923–1946 | Indiana |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 47–32–7 (football) 151–72 (basketball) 97–84–4 (baseball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 1 SIAA (1914) |
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College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1968 (profile) |
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Zora G. Clevenger (December 12, 1881 – November 24, 1970) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player, coach, and pioneering athletic director. He served as the head football coach at Nebraska Wesleyan University (1908–1910), the University of Tennessee (1911–1915), and Kansas State University (1916–1919), compiling a record of 47–32–7. Clevenger was also the head basketball coach at Indiana University (1904–1906), Nebraska Wesleyan (1907–1911), Tennessee (1911–1916), and Kansas State (1916–1919), and was baseball coach at Indiana (1905–1906), Nebraska Wesleyan (1908–1911), Tennessee (1911–1916), and Kansas State (1919–1921). Clevenger served as the athletic director at Kansas State (1916–1920), the University of Missouri (1921–1923), and Indiana (1923–1946). He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1968.
Clevenger was a star 5'7", 145-pound left halfback on the Indiana Hoosiers football team at Indiana University Bloomington from 1900 to 1903. Although little more than jockey-sized, he was the school's first great Hall of Fame athlete. Clevenger also played baseball, as a shortstop, and basketball at Indiana. He was captain of all three squads.
In 1902 the Indiana baseball team closed their season at home against Minnesota. Clevenger came to bat down 10–8, two on, two out, last of the ninth. He hit a home run to win the game. Later he said, "It wasn't a big school then, but the students got together, took up a collection, and went uptown and bought me a gold watch. It's one of my most prized possessions."
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