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Property	Value
rdf:type	College coach
rdfs:label	Bus Mertes
rdfs:comment	Mertes got his first college head coach position as the 24th head football coach for the Kansas State Wildcats in Manhattan, Kansas, and he held that position for five seasons, from 1955 until 1959. His coaching record at Kansas State was 15 wins, 34 losses, and 1 ties. As of completion of the 2007 season, this ranks him tenth at Kansas State in terms of total wins and 19th at Kansas State in terms of winning percentage.
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Poll	no
EndYear	1957 1964
Birth Date	1921-10-06
player years	1941 1945 1946 1947 1949
Legend	no
overall record	42
Name	1955 Kansas State Wildcats football team 1957 Kansas State Wildcats football team Kansas State Wildcats football Drake Bulldogs football 1956 Kansas State Wildcats football team 1958 Kansas State Wildcats football team 1959 Kansas State Wildcats football team Drake Kansas State Bus Mertes Mertes, Bus
Type	coach
Sport	American Football
Caption	Mertes pictured in The Quax 1961, Drake yearbook
Conference	1 2 3
Ranking	no
Alternative Names	Mertes, Bernard James
Overall	2 3 4 5 6 8 15 27 42
Date of Death	2002-01-17
player teams	Baltimore Colts (1947–1950) Chicago Cardinals Iowa Hawkeyes football New York Giants Los Angeles Dons
Birth Place	Chicago, Illinois
coach years	1955 1960 1965 1967
conf	Big Eight Conference NCAA Independent
StartYear	1955 1960
death date	2002-01-17
Place of Birth	Chicago, Illinois
coach teams	Minnesota Vikings Denver Broncos Kansas State Wildcats football Drake Bulldogs football
ConfRecord	10
ID	MertBu20
bcs	no
Date of Birth	1921-10-06
Short Description	American football player and coach
player positions	Running back
Year	1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964
abstract	Mertes got his first college head coach position as the 24th head football coach for the Kansas State Wildcats in Manhattan, Kansas, and he held that position for five seasons, from 1955 until 1959. His coaching record at Kansas State was 15 wins, 34 losses, and 1 ties. As of completion of the 2007 season, this ranks him tenth at Kansas State in terms of total wins and 19th at Kansas State in terms of winning percentage.
is HeadCoach of	1955 Kansas State Wildcats football team 1957 Kansas State Wildcats football team 1956 Kansas State Wildcats football team 1958 Kansas State Wildcats football team 1959 Kansas State Wildcats football team