:Wilmer D. Elfrink

{{Short description|American football and basketball coach (1893–1948)}}

{{Infobox college coach

| name = Wilmer D. Elfrink

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1893|12|27}}

| birth_place = Cherokee, Iowa, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1948|9|22|1893|12|27}}

| death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

| alma_mater =

| player_sport1 = Football

| player_years2 = 1914–1915

| player_team2 = Coe

| player_positions =

| coach_sport1 = Football

| coach_years2 = 1919

| coach_team2 = Des Moines

| coach_years3 = 1920

| coach_team3 = Fairmount

| coach_years4 = 1921

| coach_team4 = University Farm

| coach_sport5 = Basketball

| coach_years6 = 1920–1921

| coach_team6 = Fairmount

| coach_years7 = 1921–1922

| coach_team7 = University Farm

| overall_record = 11–9–3 (football)
18–7 (basketball)

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Wilmer Dale Elfrink (December 27, 1893 – September 22, 1948) was an American college football and college basketball coach.{{Cite web |url=http://gen.plagge.org/individual.php?pid=I10299&ged=plagge.ged#personal_facts |title=Wilmer Dale Elfrink 1893–1948 – A Plagge Family History Site |access-date=2013-03-20 |archive-date=2018-12-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181206145622/https://gen.plagge.org/individual.php?pid=I10299&ged=plagge.ged#personal_facts |url-status=dead }}

Playing career

Elfrink played sports while attending Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He was a key player on the football team of 1914 under head coach Moray Eby that the college considers to be one of the best teams the school fielded of all time.[http://www.public.coe.edu/~wcenter/historyweb/athletics_traditions_and_rivalries_homecoming.htm Coe College] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100606074126/http://www.public.coe.edu/~wcenter/historyweb/athletics_traditions_and_rivalries_homecoming.htm |date=2010-06-06 }} Athletics: traditions and rivalries

Coaching career

=Wichita State=

Elfrink was the 12th head football coach at Fairmount College—known as now Wichita State University—Wichita, Kansas, serving for one season, in 1920 season, and compiling a record of 3–4–2.[http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/discontinued/w/wichita_state/coaching_records.php Wichita St. Coaching Records] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120929211539/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/discontinued/w/wichita_state/coaching_records.php |date=September 29, 2012 }} He also served that academic year as head basketball coach, leading his team to a record of 16–2.[https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/coaches/wilmer-elfrink-1.html Sports Reference] Wilmer Elfrink Coaching Record

=UC Davis=

The next year, Elfrink became the head football coach at the University Farm—now known as the University of California, Davis—for the 1921 season.[http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_game_by_game.php?coachid=3136&year=1921 College Football Data Warehouse] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019053357/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_game_by_game.php?coachid=3136&year=1921 |date=2012-10-19 }} Cal-Davis 1921 results

Head coaching record

=Football=

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Des Moines Tigers

| conf = Independent

| startyear = 1919

| endyear = single

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1919

| name = Des Moines

| overall = 5–1–1

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| ranking2 = no

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Des Moines

| overall = 5–1–1

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Fairmount Wheatshockers

| conf = Independent

| startyear = 1920

| endyear = single

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

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| year = 1920

| name = Fairmount

| overall = 3–4–2

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Fairmount

| overall = 3–4–2

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}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = University Farm

| conf = Independent

| startyear = 1921

| endyear = single

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1921

| name = University Farm

| overall = 3–4

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = University Farm

| overall = 3–4

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{{CFB Yearly Record End

| overall = 11–9–3

| bowls = no

| poll = no

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| legend = no

}}

References

Category:1893 births

Category:1948 deaths

Category:Basketball coaches from Iowa

Category:Coe Kohawks football players

Category:Des Moines Tigers football coaches

Category:People from Cherokee, Iowa

Category:UC Davis Aggies football coaches

Category:UC Davis Aggies men's basketball coaches

Category:Wichita State Shockers football coaches

Category:Wichita State Shockers men's basketball coaches