Leo DeTray, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Leo DeTray

American football player and coach, basketball coach

Date of Birth: 20-Nov-1883

Date of Death: 01-Oct-1967

Profession: basketball coach, American football player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Leo Carter DeTray (November 20, 1888 – October 9, 1967) was an American football player and coach of football and basketball.
He served as the head football the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) in 1912 and at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois from 1915 to 1916, compiling a career college football coaching record of 10–5–2.
DeTray was also the head basketball coach at Knox from 1915 to 1917, tallying a mark of 10–10. DeTray was a letterman at the University of Chicago competing as a halfback during his tenure with the Maroons between 1904 and 1907.
He served as the head football coach at the University of Mississippi in 1912, where he compiled a record of 5–3 during his lone season.DeTray later worked as a purchasing agent for an oil company based in Texas.
He died on October 9, 1967, at the Little Company of Mary nursing home in San Pierre, Indiana.