Ernest C. Quigley
St. Mary's (KS) | |
| 1918 | Saint Louis |
|---|---|
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1944–1950 | Kansas |
| Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 1961 (profile) | |
|
Baseball career | |
 Quigley umpiring at the 1916 World Series | |
| debut | |
| June 25, 1913 | |
| Last appearance | |
| September 18, 1938 | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| Member of the Canadian | |
 Baseball Hall of Fame | |
| Induction | 2021 |
Ernest Cosmos Quigley (March 22, 1880 – December 10, 1960) was a Canadian-born American sports official who became notable both as a basketball referee and as an umpire in Major League Baseball. He also worked as an American football coach and official.
Born in Canada and raised in Concordia, Kansas, Quigley attended college and law school at the University of Kansas. There he played college basketball under the game's inventor, James Naismith. He became the head football coach at Kansas Wesleyan University and then the athletic director at the University of Kansas. Quigley refereed college basketball for 40 years and umpired more than 3,000 Major League Baseball games. As a college football official, he worked in several bowl games and served on the Rules Committee of the NCAA for several years.
Quigley died in Kansas in 1960.
Early life
Quigley was born in Newcastle, New Brunswick, and was raised in Concordia, Kansas where he was a prominent member of the high school football team in the 1890s.[2]
Coaching and administrative career
Quigley was a student of basketball inventor James Naismith at the University of Kansas. He also played football at Kansas from 1900 to 1901.[3]
St. Mary's
After graduating, he served as a coach, teacher and
Kansas
In 1944, Quigley became the athletic director at the University of Kansas, where he hired coaches George Sauer, Jules V. Sikes, and Dick Harp.[5]
Officiating career
Quigley officiated at more than 1,500
Professional baseball
Quigley was also a
College football
Quigley also served as an official in major college football contests including the Army–Navy Game, five Harvard–Yale games, the Michigan–Illinois game, three Rose Bowls (1920, 1925, 1927), and the Cotton Bowl Classic. He was a member of the NCAA's Rules Committee from 1946 to 1954.
Personal life and death
Quigley married Marge Darlington in Concordia. The ceremony was held in the home of the bride.[9] Quigley died at age 80 in Lawrence, Kansas and was buried at that city's Mt. Calvary Cemetery.[10]
He was the brother of Larry Quigley.[11]
See also
References
- ^ "Ernie Quigley". Retrosheet. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
- ^ It Takes People to Make a Town by Janet Pease Emery, p. 101, 1971
- ^ 2014-15 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball media guide. Retrieved 2015-May-22.
- ^ "Quigley, Long-Time Umpire and Grid Official, Dies at 81". The Sporting News. December 1960. Archived from the original on October 3, 2012 – via Wayback Machine.
- ^ Kansas State Historical Society Archived July 3, 2010, at the Wayback Machine "E.C. (Ernie) Quigley"
- ISBN 0-89950-488-4.
- ^ Lieb, Frederick G. (December 21, 1960). "Quigley, Long-Time Umpire and Grid Official, Dies at 81". The Sporting News. p. 28.
- ^ "Electric Shock Knocks Quigley Unconscious". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. May 26, 1933. Retrieved July 3, 2012.
- ^ Prairie Portrait-Centennial Book, Concordia Kansas (1871-1971). Concordia Blade-Empire. 1971. p. 73.
- ^ Baseball-Reference.com Ernie Quigley
- Newspapers.com.
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