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Jesse Burbage
Burbage circa 1925
Biographical details
Born(1894-02-22)February 22, 1894
Shelbyville, Kentucky, U.S.
DiedDecember 5, 1957(1957-12-05) (aged 63)
Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.
Playing career
Basketball
1914–1918Auburn
Position(s)Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Basketball
1922–1924Trinity (NC)
1927–1929Florida Southern
Football
1927–1929Florida Southern
Head coaching record
Overall53–25 (basketball)
5–2–1 (football)

Jesse Samuel Burbage (February 22, 1894 – December 5, 1957) was an American basketball player and coach. He was a four-year starter at the guard position for the Auburn Tigers from 1914 to 1918. Burbage served as the head coach of the Trinity Blue and White (now the Duke Blue Devils) from 1922 to 1924.

Burbage later served as an Army colonel. Circa 1951, he became administrator of the City-County Hospital in Tuskegee, Alabama, where he would serve for six years until his death. He died on December 5, 1957, at Huntsville Hospital.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Trinity Blue and White (Independent) (1922–1924)
1922–23 Trinity 15–7
1923–24 Trinity 19–6
Trinity: 34–13
Florida Southern Moccasins (Independent) (1927–1929)
1927–28 Florida Southern 8–8
1928–29 Florida Southern 11–4
Florida Southern: 19–12
Total: 53–25

Football

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Florida Southern Moccasins (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1928)
1928 Florida Southern 5–2–1 4–1 4th
Florida Southern: 5–2–1 4–1
Total: 5–2–1

References

  1. Roth, John (2006). The Encyclopedia of Duke Basketball. Duke University Press. p. 122. ISBN 978-0-822-33904-5.
  2. "Col. Burbage's Rites Are Set". The Huntsville Times. December 6, 1957. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "J. S. Burbage, hospital official". The Birmingham News (Obituary). December 8, 1957. p. 40 – via Newspapers.com.

External links

Duke Blue Devils men's basketball head coaches

# denotes interim head coach

Florida Southern Moccasins head football coaches
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