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rdfs:label
  • Ralph Welch
rdfs:comment
  • W. Ralph "Pest" Welch (January 13, 1907 – September 15, 1974) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at the University of Washington from 1942 to 1947, compiling a record of 27–20–3. Welch led his 1943 Washington squad to the Rose Bowl, where they lost to USC, 29–0. He played college football at Purdue University as a halfback under head coach James Phelan, whom he followed to Washington as an assistant in 1930.
owl:sameAs
bowloutcome
  • L
confstanding
  • 2
  • 4
  • 6
  • 3.0
  • T–7th
CFbDWID
  • 2469
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Poll
  • AP
EndYear
  • 1947
Birth Date
  • 1907-01-13
player years
  • 1927
Legend
  • no
overall record
  • 27
Name
Type
  • coach
bowl record
  • 0
Sport
Caption
  • Welch from 1947 Tyee yearbook
Conference
  • 0
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 5
  • 6
Ranking
  • 12
  • no
Overall
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 27
Date of Death
  • 1974-09-15
player teams
coach years
  • 1930
  • 1939
  • 1942
conf
StartYear
  • 1942
death date
  • 1974-09-15
polltype
  • Rankings from final AP Poll
coach teams
ConfRecord
  • 17
bowlname
bcs
  • no
Date of Birth
  • 1907-01-13
Short Description
  • American football player and coach
player positions
Year
  • 1942
  • 1943
  • 1944
  • 1945
  • 1946
  • 1947
abstract
  • W. Ralph "Pest" Welch (January 13, 1907 – September 15, 1974) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at the University of Washington from 1942 to 1947, compiling a record of 27–20–3. Welch led his 1943 Washington squad to the Rose Bowl, where they lost to USC, 29–0. He played college football at Purdue University as a halfback under head coach James Phelan, whom he followed to Washington as an assistant in 1930.
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