Julius Goldman

Julius Goldman
Biographical details
Born(1910-09-22)September 22, 1910
Mayesville, South Carolina, U.S.
DiedFebruary 19, 2001(2001-02-19) (aged 90)
Royal Oak, Michigan, U.S.
Playing career
Football
c. 1928–1931Detroit Tech
Basketball
c. 1928–1932Detroit Tech
Position(s)Quarterback (football)
Forward (basketball)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1936–1940Detroit Tech (assistant)
1941Detroit Tech
Basketball
1932–1944Detroit Tech
1936Canada (assistant)
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1941–1944Detroit Tech
Head coaching record
Overall0–7–1 (football)
143–75 (basketball)

Julius "Goldie" Goldman (September 22, 1910 – February 19, 2001) was an American-Canadian football and basketball player, coach, and referee, college athletics administrator, engineer, and educator. He played several sports at the Detroit Institute of Technology (Detroit Tech), before serving as the school's head basketball coach, head football coach, and athletic director. Goldman was also an assistant coach for the Canadian basketball team at the 1936 Summer Olympics and Canada's representative on the 1936 Olympic Basketball Rules Committee. His suggestion to a eliminate the jump ball after every field goal was adopted, and contributed to the modernization of the game. Goldman worked as a munitions engineer during World War II and then as an engineering executive after the war. He taught math at Detroit Tech and later at Oakland Community College in Oakland County, Michigan. Goldman was also a longtime basketball and football official for the Detroit Catholic Schools Association.


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