Elvin C. Drake, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 02-Nov-1903
Place of Birth: Friend, Nebraska, United States
Date of Death: 23-Dec-1988
Profession: coach
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Elvin C. Drake
- Elvin C.
- "Ducky" Drake (November 2, 1903 – December 23, 1988) was an American track and field coach and athletics trainer at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
- During his more than 60 year association with the university, he became a fixture and "father confessor" to many of the athletes he worked with. Drake was born in Friend, Nebraska, and played high school sports at Fort Morgan, Colorado.
- He worked in Los Angeles at a lumber yard. Drake enrolled at UCLA in 1923 and earned three letters in cross country running, while also becoming a member of Sigma Pi fraternity.
- In 1927, he became the first college graduate in his family. He was hired as an assistant track coach at his alma mater in 1929.
- Drake was the head trainer from 1942 to 1972 and the head track and field coach from 1947 to 1964, with a 107-48-0 record in track meets.
- Under his leadership, the UCLA Bruins won the 1956 National Collegiate Athletic Association national outdoor title (the school's first track and field title), and he was named NCAA Track & Field Coach of the Year for that year.
- He coached decathletes Rafer Johnson and C.
- K.
- Yang during the 1960 Summer Olympics, in which they won gold and silver respectively in one of the tensest duels in Olympic history.
- Close to legendary UCLA basketball coach John Wooden, he was the trainer for all of Wooden's teams over a span of 27 years.Drake died of a heart attack at the age of 85 at St.
- John's Hospital and Health Center in Santa Monica, California.
- He was survived by his wife Rose.
- They had no children. He is a member of the National Track and Field Hall of Fame, the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame (charter inductee), the U.S.
- Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Hall of Fame (special inductee), the Mt.
- SAC Relays Hall of Fame and the National Athletic Trainers' Association Hall of Fame.
- Drake Stadium, the UCLA track stadium, was renamed in his honor in 1973.
- The UCLA basketball Elvin C.
- "Ducky" Drake Memorial Award for Competitive Spirit, Inspiration and Unselfish Contributions is also named after him.
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