Mal Elward
American football player and coach, basketball coach, athletics administrator (1892–1982)
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::summary American football player and coach, basketball coach, athletics administrator (1892–1982) ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox college coach"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Mal Elward |
| image | Allen Elward (1939).jpg |
| caption | Elward pictured in Debris 1939, Purdue yearbook |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | Rexton, New Brunswick, Canada |
| death_date | |
| death_place | Stanford, California, U.S. |
| player_sport1 | Football |
| player_years2 | 1912–1915 |
| player_team2 | Notre Dame |
| player_positions | End |
| coach_sport1 | Football |
| coach_years2 | 1922–1923 |
| coach_team2 | Grinnell |
| coach_years3 | 1924–1926 |
| coach_team3 | John Carroll |
| coach_years4 | 1927–1936 |
| coach_team4 | Purdue (assistant) |
| coach_years6 | 1937–1941 |
| coach_team6 | Purdue |
| coach_years7 | 1942–1943 |
| coach_team7 | Lakehurst NAS |
| coach_years8 | 1946–1956 |
| coach_team8 | Stanford (assistant) |
| coach_sport9 | Basketball |
| coach_years10 | 1924–1927 |
| coach_team10 | John Carroll |
| admin_years1 | 1941 |
| admin_team1 | Purdue |
| overall_record | 38–50–9 (football) |
| 22–24 (basketball) | |
| :: |
| name = Mal Elward | image = Allen Elward (1939).jpg | alt = | caption = Elward pictured in Debris 1939, Purdue yearbook | birth_date = | birth_place = Rexton, New Brunswick, Canada | death_date = | death_place = Stanford, California, U.S. | alma_mater = | player_sport1 = Football | player_years2 = 1912–1915 | player_team2 = Notre Dame | player_positions = End | coach_sport1 = Football | coach_years2 = 1922–1923 | coach_team2 = Grinnell | coach_years3 = 1924–1926 | coach_team3 = John Carroll | coach_years4 = 1927–1936 | coach_team4 = Purdue (assistant) | coach_years6 = 1937–1941 | coach_team6 = Purdue | coach_years7 = 1942–1943 | coach_team7 = Lakehurst NAS | coach_years8 = 1946–1956 | coach_team8 = Stanford (assistant) | coach_sport9 = Basketball | coach_years10 = 1924–1927 | coach_team10 = John Carroll | admin_years1 = 1941 | admin_team1 = Purdue | overall_record = 38–50–9 (football) 22–24 (basketball) | bowl_record = | tournament_record = | championships = | awards = | coaching_records = Allen Henry "Mal" Elward (June 23, 1892 – December 31, 1982) was an American football player, coach of football and basketball, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Grinnell College from 1922 to 1923, John Carroll University from 1924 to 1926, and Purdue University from 1937 to 1941. Elward was also the head basketball coach at John Carroll from 1924 to 1927, tallying a mark of 22–24 He was the athletic director at Purdue in 1941. Elward played football as an end at the University of Notre Dame from 1912 to 1915. He served as an assistant football coach at Purdue from 1927 to 1936 and at Stanford University from 1946 to 1956. During World War II, Elward was the head coach of the Lakehurst Naval Air Station Blimps football team in 1942 and 1943.
Elward served as a pilot in the United States Navy during World War I under Richard E. Byrd. In World War II, he was a naval aviation officer, reaching the rank of lieutenant commander. Elward died on December 31, 1982, at Stanford University Hospital in Stanford, California.
Head coaching record
Football
| name = Grinnell Pioneers | conf = Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association | startyear = 1922 | endyear = 1923 | championship = | year = 1922 | name = Grinnell | overall = 3–5 | conference = 1–3 | confstanding = 7th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no | championship = | year = 1923 | name = Grinnell | overall = 2–6 | conference = 1–3 | confstanding = 8th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no | name = Grinnell | overall = 5–11 | confrecord = 2–6 | name = John Carroll Blue Streaks | conf = Independent | startyear = 1924 | endyear = 1926 | championship = | year = 1924 | name = John Carroll | overall = 7–2 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no | championship = | year = 1925 | name = John Carroll | overall = 2–6–1 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no | championship = | year = 1926 | name = John Carroll | overall = 2–5–1 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no | name = John Carroll | overall = 11–13–2 | confrecord = | name = Purdue Boilermakers | conf = Big Ten Conference | startyear = 1937 | endyear = 1941 | championship = | year = 1937 | name = Purdue | overall = 4–3–1 | conference = 2–2–1 | confstanding = T–4th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no | championship = | year = 1938 | name = Purdue | overall = 5–1–2 | conference = 3–1–1 | confstanding = T–2nd | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no | championship = | year = 1939 | name = Purdue | overall = 3–3–2 | conference = 2–1–2 | confstanding = T–3rd | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no | championship = | year = 1940 | name = Purdue | overall = 2–6 | conference = 1–4 | confstanding = 8th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no | championship = | year = 1941 | name = Purdue | overall = 2–5–1 | conference = 1–4 | confstanding = T–7th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no | name = Purdue | overall = 16–18–6 | confrecord = 9–12–4 | name = Lakehurst Naval Air Station Blimps | conf = Independent | startyear = 1942 | endyear = 1943 | championship = | year = 1942 | name = Lakehurst NAS | overall = 4–4–1 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no | championship = | year = 1943 | name = Lakehurst NAS | overall = 2–4 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no | name = Lakehurst NAS | overall = 6–8–1 | confrecord = | overall = 38–50–9 | bowls = no | poll = no | polltype = | legend = no
References
References
- . (January 21, 1983). ["Ex-Purdue coach Elward dies"](https://www.newspapers.com/article/journal-and-courier/174722007/). *[[Journal & Courier]]*.
- "Football Season by Season". [[John Carroll University]].
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