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  • Burton Shipley
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  • Shipley graduated from the Maryland Agricultural College (now the University of Maryland) in 1914. While there, he played basketball, baseball, and football as a quarterback. In 1923, he became the head coach for the Maryland basketball team, a position in which he would serve until 1947. During his tenure, he compiled a 243–199 record. Also in 1923, Shipley was hired as an assistant coach for the football team under legendary Maryland head coach Curley Byrd. Shipley also coached the baseball team from 1924 to 1960.
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CFbDWID
  • 2138
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Poll
  • no
EndYear
  • 1920
Birth Date
  • 1890-01-17
player years
  • 1908
death place
Legend
  • no
overall record
  • 5
  • 288
  • 399
Name
Type
  • coach
Sport
Caption
  • Shipley as an undergraduate of the Maryland Agriculatural College in 1914
Ranking
  • no
Alternative Names
  • Shipley, Howard Burton
Overall
  • 2
  • 3
  • 5
Date of Death
  • 1976-02-22
player teams
Birth Place
coach years
  • 1918
  • 1919
  • 1923
  • 1924
  • Baseball
  • Football
  • Basketball
conf
  • Independent
StartYear
  • 1919
death date
  • 1976-02-22
Place of Birth
  • Anne Arundel County, Maryland
coach teams
Place of death
  • Washington, D. C.
bcs
  • no
Date of Birth
  • 1890-01-17
Short Description
  • American football player and coach, basketball coach, baseball player and coach
player positions
Year
  • 1919
  • 1920
abstract
  • Shipley graduated from the Maryland Agricultural College (now the University of Maryland) in 1914. While there, he played basketball, baseball, and football as a quarterback. In 1923, he became the head coach for the Maryland basketball team, a position in which he would serve until 1947. During his tenure, he compiled a 243–199 record. Also in 1923, Shipley was hired as an assistant coach for the football team under legendary Maryland head coach Curley Byrd. Shipley also coached the baseball team from 1924 to 1960. Shipley Field, where the school's baseball team plays its home games, is named after him. In 1982, Shipley was inducted into the University of Maryland Athletic Hall of Fame.