Biographical details | |
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Born | Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. | March 30, 1881
Died | November 7, 1970 Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. | (aged 89)
Playing career | |
Football | |
1902 | Knox (IL) |
Baseball | |
1904 | Oskaloosa Quakers |
1904 | Fort Dodge Gypsum Eaters |
1906 | Rock Island Islanders |
Position(s) | Halfback |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1904–1910 | Penn (IA) |
Baseball | |
1906 | Penn (IA) |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1904–1906 | Penn (IA) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 19–8–5 (football) 0–2 (baseball) |
Joseph William Zalusky (March 30, 1881 – November 7, 1970) was a minor league baseball player[1] and an American football player and coach.[2] He served as the head football coach at Penn College—now known as William Penn University—in Oskaloosa, Iowa from 1904 to 1910, compiling a record of 19–8–5.[3] As a college football player at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois, he was part of a 1902 squad that beat Northwestern, Kansas, and Notre Dame in three consecutive games.[4]