J. Orlean Christian, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American football, basketball, baseball coach, college athletics administrator
Date of Birth: 10-May-1898
Place of Birth: Roland, Iowa, United States
Date of Death: 21-Oct-1979
Profession: basketball coach
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About J. Orlean Christian
- Joseph Orlean Christian (May 10, 1898 – October 21, 1979) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach and college athletics administrator.
- He served as the head football coach at the University of Connecticut from 1934 to 1949 and as the head baseball coach there from 1936 to 1961.
- Christian was also the school's athletic director from 1950 to 1966 and filled in as interim head basketball coach during the 1935–36 season.
- He served as the first commissioner of the Yankee Conference, from 1966 to 1971.
- Christian died on October 21, 1979 at the age of 81 in a convalescent home in Willimantic, Connecticut.
- The University of Connecticut's home baseball field, J.
- O.
- Christian Field, is named in his honor.
- Christian's 66 wins as head football coach at Connecticut were the most in program history until Randy Edsall surpassed him in 2010.
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