Ray Eliot
Brighton, Massachusetts, U.S. | |
| Died | February 24, 1980 (aged 74) Urbana, Illinois, U.S. |
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| Playing career | |
| 1930–1931 | Illinois |
| Position(s) | Illinois College |
| Ice Hockey | |
| 1937–1939 | Illinois |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1979 | Illinois (interim AD) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 98–80–12 (.547) (football) 3–11–0 (.214) (ice hockey) |
| Bowls | 2–0 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 national (1951) 3 Big Ten (1946, 1951, 1953) | |
| Awards | |
| Amos Alonzo Stagg Award (1961) | |
Raymond Eliot "Butch" Nusspickel (June 13, 1905 – February 24, 1980) was an
guard on the football team in 1930 and 1931, and was a member of Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity. He died of an apparent heart attack on February 24, 1980, in Urbana, Illinois.[1]
Eliot is remembered by the Illinois High School Football Coaches Association through its Ray Eliot award.
Head coaching record
Football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | Coaches# | AP° | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Illinois College Blueboys (Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference ) (1934–1936)
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| 1934 | Illinois College | 6–1 | 5–1 | T–3rd | |||||
| 1935 | Illinois College | 5–3 | 5–1 | T–3rd | |||||
| 1936 | Illinois College | 4–3–1 | 2–2–1 | T–10th | |||||
| Illinois College: | 15–7–1 | 12–4–1 | |||||||
| Illinois Fighting Illini (Big Ten Conference) (1942–1959) | |||||||||
| 1942 | Illinois | 6–4 | 3–2 | T–3rd | |||||
| 1943 | Illinois | 3–7 | 2–4 | 6th | |||||
| 1944 | Illinois | 5–4–1 | 3–3 | 6th | 15 | ||||
| 1945 | Illinois | 2–6–1 | 1–4–1 | 7th | |||||
| 1946 | Illinois | 8–2 | 6–1 | 1st | W Rose | 5 | |||
| 1947 | Illinois | 5–3–1 | 3–3 | T–3rd | |||||
| 1948 | Illinois | 3–6 | 2–5 | 8th | |||||
| 1949 | Illinois | 3–4–2 | 3–3–1 | 5th | |||||
| 1950 | Illinois | 7–2 | 4–2 | 4th | 11 | 13 | |||
| 1951 | Illinois | 9–0–1 | 5–0–1 | 1st | W Rose | 3 | 4 | ||
| 1952 | Illinois | 4–5 | 2–5 | T–6th | |||||
| 1953 | Illinois | 7–1–1 | 5–1 | T–1st | 7 | 7 | |||
| 1954 | Illinois | 1–8 | 0–6 | 10th | |||||
| 1955 | Illinois | 5–3–1 | 3–3–1 | 5th | |||||
| 1956 | Illinois | 2–5–2 | 1–4–2 | 8th | |||||
| 1957 | Illinois | 4–5 | 3–4 | 7th | |||||
| 1958 | Illinois | 4–5 | 4–3 | 6th | |||||
| 1959 | Illinois | 5–3–1 | 4–2–1 | T–3rd | 12 | 13 | |||
| Illinois: | 83–73–11 | 54–55–7 | |||||||
| Total: | 98–80–12 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
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Ice hockey
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| Illinois Fighting Illini (Independent) (1937–1939) | |||||||||
| 1937–38 | Illinois | 0–4–0 | |||||||
| 1938–39 | Illinois | 3–7–0 | |||||||
| Total: | 3–11–0 | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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See also
References
- ^ "Ray Eliot, 74, Dead; Coached At Illinois; Career Spanned 18 Years, During Which Football Teams Won Twice in Rose Bowl An Eloquent Speaker" (PDF). The New York Times. Associated Press. February 25, 1980. Retrieved August 20, 2011.