Al Simpson

{{Short description|American football coach}}

{{for|the American politican| Alan Simpson (American politician)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox college coach

| name = Al Simpson

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1916|7|19}}

| birth_place = Eureka, California, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1976|9|13|1916|7|19}}

| death_place = Cottage Grove, Oregon, U.S.

| alma_mater =

| coach_sport1 = Football

| coach_years2 = 1946–1950

| coach_team2 = Southern Oregon

| coach_sport3 = Basketball

| coach_years4 = 1946–1947

| coach_team4 = Southern Oregon

| overall_record = 27–16–1 (football)
23–3 (basketball)

| bowl_record = 1–2

| tournament_record =

| championships = Football
2 Far Western (1947–1948)

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Alexander Irving Simpson[https://books.google.com/books?id=Fq2gAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Alexander+I.+Simpson%22 Oregon State System of Higher Education Bulletin – Google Books] (July 19, 1916 – September 13, 1976) was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Southern Oregon College of Education—now known as Southern Oregon University—in Ashland, Oregon for five seasons, from 1946 until 1950. His coaching record at Southern Oregon was 27–16–1.{{Cite web|last=DeLassus |first=David |title=Southern Oregon Coaching Records |publisher=College Football Data Warehouse |url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/naia/independents/southern_oregon/coaching_records.php |accessdate=November 4, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920065019/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/naia/independents/southern_oregon/coaching_records.php |archivedate=September 20, 2011 }}

Simpson was a graduate of Southern Oregon and the University of Oregon, in the years 1937 and 1939 respectively. Prior to coaching at Southern Oregon, he had coached in high schools in Oregon, including in Ashland and Medford.{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VLhWAAAAIBAJ&pg=4740,1369845&dq=al+simpson+southern+oregon&hl=en|title=Eugene Register-Guard – Google News Archive Search|accessdate=August 26, 2015}}