Daffin Backstrom
{{short description|American football and basketball coach}}
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{{Infobox college coach
| name = Daffin Backstrom
| image =
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1916|7|17}}
| birth_place = New York City, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1993|7|15|1916|7|17}}
| death_place = Salina, Kansas, U.S.
| alma_mater =
| coach_sport1 = Football
| coach_years2 = 1962
| coach_team2 = Kansas Wesleyan
| coach_sport3 = Basketball
| coach_years4 = 1953–1963
| coach_team4 = Kansas Wesleyan
| coach_sport5 = Baseball
| coach_years6 = 1951
| coach_team6 = Drew
| overall_record = 1–7–1 (football)
78–141 (basketball)
10–6 (baseball)
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Daffin Theodore "Swede" Backstrom (July 17, 1916 – July 15, 1993) was an American football, basketball and baseball player and coach.
Playing career
=Drew University=
Backstrom played college baseball and basketball at Drew University in Madison, New Jersey, where he is a member of the schools Athletic Hall of Fame.{{cite web|url=http://www.drewrangers.com/hof.aspx?hof=13&path=&kiosk=|publisher=Drew University|title=Hall of Fame: Daffin "Swede" Backstrom Class of 1940|accessdate=September 13, 2012}}
=Minor league baseball=
Backstrom played in minor league baseball as a pitcher. In 1940 he was with the Akron Yankees in the Middle Atlantic League. Later that year and also in 1941 he played for Amsterdam Rugmakers in the Canadian–American League.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=backst001daf|publisher=Baseball reference|title=Daffin Backstrom|accessdate=September 13, 2012}}
Coaching career
=Drew University=
=Kansas Wesleyan=
Backstrom was the 14th head football coach at Kansas Wesleyan University in Salina, Kansas, serving for the 1962 season. His coaching record at Kansas Wesleyan was 1–7–1 (.167).{{cite web|url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/naia/kcac/kansas_wesleyan/coaching_records.php |publisher=College Football Data Warehouse |title=Kansas Wesleyan University Coyotes all-time coaching records |first=David |last=DeLassus |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014175856/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/naia/kcac/kansas_wesleyan/coaching_records.php |archivedate=October 14, 2012 }}
While at Kansas Wesleyan, Backstrom taught classes for the history department.{{cite web|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/salina-journal/1967-04-02/page-9/|publisher=Salina Journal|accessdate=January 12, 2013|date=April 6, 1967|page=9|title=Daffin Backstrom}} In 1996, the school inducted him into their "Athletic Hall of Fame" for his coaching success. He was active as a coach and or administrator at the school from 1954 through 1963.{{cite web|url=http://www.kwucoyotes.com/hallOfFame/177.php|publisher=Kansas Wesleyan Coyotes|title=Daffin "Swede" Backstrom|accessdate=January 11, 2013}}
Head coaching record
=Football=
{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Kansas Wesleyan Coyotes
| conf = Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference
| startyear = 1962
| endyear = single
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1962
| name = Kansas Wesleyan
| overall = 1–7–1
| conference = 1–7–1
| confstanding = T–8th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Kansas Wesleyan
| overall = 1–7–1
| confrecord = 1–7–1
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 1–7–1
| bowls = no
| poll = no
| polltype =
| legend = no
}}
References
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External links
- [https://books.google.com/books?id=515_NwAACAAJ An Evaluation of the Cocurricular Activity Program at Kansas Wesleyan University] by Daffin Backstro
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