Joe Restic
American gridiron football player and coach (1926–2011) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Joseph William Restic (July 21, 1926 – December 8, 2011) was an American gridiron football player and coach. He served as the head coach for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League (CFL) from 1968 to 1970 and as the head football coach at Harvard University from 1971 to 1993. He was known as a coaching innovator, devising a complex offense known as the multiflex while in Canada and taking it to Harvard.[1]
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Biographical details | |
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Born | (1926-07-21)July 21, 1926 Emeigh Run, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Died | December 8, 2011(2011-12-08) (aged 85) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Alma mater | Villanova |
Playing career | |
1952–1953 | Philadelphia Eagles |
Position(s) | End |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1956–1958 | Brown (assistant) |
1959–1961 | Colgate (assistant) |
1962–1967 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats (assistant) |
1968–1970 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats |
1971–1993 | Harvard |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 22–17–3 (CFL) 117–97–6 (college) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
5 Ivy (1974–1975, 1982–1983, 1987) | |
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