Allan William Ordway (May 8, 1917 – September 7, 1999) was an American gridiron football player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball. He served as the head football coach at Jamestown College—now known as the University of Jamestown—in Jamestown, North Dakota from 1949 to 1950 seasons, compiling a record of 5–11.[1]
Ordway played football for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League (CFL) in the early 1940s.[2]
He died of a rare lung disease, pseudomonas, in 1999. He had been in declining health in the recent years leading up to his death. He was cremated with his ashes scattered at a park.
Head coaching record
College football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamestown Jimmies (North Dakota Intercollegiate Conference) (1949–1950) | |||||||||
| 1949 | Jamestown | 3–5 | 3–2 | T—4th | |||||
| 1950 | Jamestown | 2–6 | 2–4 | 6th | |||||
| Jamestown: | 5–11 | 5–6 | |||||||
| Total: | 5–11 | ||||||||
References
- ^ DeLassus, David. "Jamestown College Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on July 30, 2012. Retrieved October 28, 2010.
- ^ "Juneau coaching legend passes on | Juneau Empire - Alaska's Capital City Online Newspaper". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 29, 2013.