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1910–1911
  
1941–1951
  
Texas Tech

1912–1925
  
Name
  
Morley Jennings

1926–1940
  
Role
  
1929–1938
  

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Sport(s)
  
Football, basketball, baseball, track

Born
  
January 23, 1890Holland, Michigan (
1890-01-23
)

Died
  
May 13, 1985, Lubbock, Texas, United States

Morley "Jopsey" Jennings (January 23, 1890 – May 13, 1985) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He attended college at Mississippi State University, where he participated in baseball, basketball, football, and track. Jennings served as the head football coach at Ouachita Baptist University from 1912 to 1925 and at Baylor University from 1926 to 1940, compiling a career college football record of 153–77–18. He was also the head baseball coach at Baylor from 1928 to 1939, tallying a mark of 120–79. From 1941 to 1951, Jennings served as the athletic director at Texas Tech University. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1973.

Morley appeared in two Major League Baseball games in 1913 for the Washington Senators, batting three times but going hitless. Officially listed as Bill Morley, he played second base.

References

Morley Jennings Wikipedia


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