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Sport(s)
  
Football, basketball

Name
  
Eugene Garbee

1933–1934
  
Appalachian State


1934–1935
  
Appalachian State

1933–1934
  
Appalachian State

Role
  
Basketball Coach

Eugene Garbee

Born
  
May 29, 1907 Billings, Missouri (
1907-05-29
)

1929–1930
  
Southwest Missouri State

Overall
  
10–6–1 (football) 8–11 (basketball)

Died
  
November 8, 1996, Winslow, Arizona, United States

Eugene Emmett Garbee (May 29, 1907 – November 8, 1996) was an American football and basketball coach and college administrator. He was the third head football coach and the first head basketball coach at Appalachian State Teachers College—now known as Appalachian State University—located in Boone, North Carolina.

Garbee was born on May 29, 1907 in Billings, Missouri. He graduated from Southwest Missouri State Teacher's College–now known as Missouri State University–in 1931 with a bachelor's degree. He later earned a master's degree from George Peabody College—now Peabody College, a division of Vanderbilt University—and a doctorate from New York University. He taught health and physical education at Drake University from 1949 to 1952. Garbee was president of Upper Iowa University from 1952 to 1970. He died on November 8, 1996 in Winslow, Arizona.

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Eugene Garbee Wikipedia