Ernest C. Quigley, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ernest C. Quigley

American football, basketball, and baseball official, coach, college athletics administrator

Date of Birth: 22-Mar-1880

Place of Birth: Newcastle, New Brunswick, New Brunswick, Canada

Date of Death: 10-Dec-1960

Profession: basketball player, basketball coach

Nationality: Canada, United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Ernest Cosmos Quigley (March 22, 1880 – December 10, 1960) was a Canadian-born American sports official who became notable both as a basketball referee and as an umpire in Major League Baseball.
He also worked as an American football coach and official. Born in Canada and raised in Concordia, Kansas, Quigley attended college and law school at the University of Kansas.
There he played college basketball under the game's inventor, James Naismith.
He became the head football coach at Kansas Wesleyan University and then the athletic director at the University of Kansas.
Quigley refereed college basketball for 40 years and umpired more than 3,000 Major League Baseball games.
As a college football official, he worked in several bowl games and served on the Rules Committee of the NCAA for several years. Quigley died in Kansas in 1960.