Pat Boland

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Pat Boland
Personal information
Born:(1906-10-12)October 12, 1906
Duluth, Minnesota, U.S.
Died:July 2, 1971(1971-07-02) (aged 64)
Duluth, Minnesota, U.S.
Career information
College:Minnesota
Career history
As a coach:
Career highlights and awards
Head coaching record
Regular season:2–3–1 (.417)
Coaching stats at PFR

Patrick Henry Boland (October 12, 1906 - July 2, 1971) was a head coach in the AAFC for one season in 1946. He was the interim coach for the Chicago Rockets. He was also a line coach at Iowa.

Early life[edit]

Boland was born on October 12, 1906, in Duluth, Minnesota. He went to college at Minnesota.

College coaching career[edit]

He was a Freshmen coach at Minnesota in 1932. In 1937 he became a line coach for the Iowa Hawkeyes. He was the coach there from 1937 to 1942.[1]

Professional coaching career[edit]

In 1946 he became the line coach for the Chicago Rockets of the AAFC. He became the interim coach a few weeks later.[2] As a coach he had a 2-3-1 record.

Later life[edit]

He later became a recruiter for the University of Iowa and the University of Miami.[3] He died at 64 in 1971.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Pat Boland Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
  2. ^ "Pat Boland Named Rockets Coach". The Honolulu Advertiser. October 30, 1946. p. 16 – via newspapers.com.
  3. ^ a b "Patrick Roland (published 1971)". New York Times. July 3, 1971 – via NYTimes.com.