Biographical details | |
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Born | Pennsylvania, U.S. | November 12, 1908
Died | January 13, 1992 California, U.S. | (aged 83)
Playing career | |
Football | |
1928–1932 | Geneva |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1941 | Geneva |
1946–1948 | Geneva |
1950–1951 | Washington & Jefferson |
1952–1954 | Dickinson |
Basketball | |
1941–1942 | Geneva |
1946–1949 | Geneva |
1952–1955 | Dickinson |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 30–41–2 (football) 70–76 (basketball) |
Alured Chaffee "Slim" Ransom (November 12, 1908[1]-January 13, 1992[2]) was an American athletics coach and sports educator who helped develop physical education programs in Afghanistan. In the United States he was a college football and basketball coach, coaching from 1941 until 1954. His career football coaching record was 30–41–2 with a winning percentage of .411. He also spent some time coaching[3] and as an athletic director[4] at the high school level.