Dave Strong
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{{Infobox college coach
| name = Dave Strong
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| birth_date = 1916
| birth_place = Mount Vernon, Washington, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1993|3|25|1916}}
| death_place = Ukiah, California, U.S.
| alma_mater =
| player_sport1 = Football
| player_years2 = 1936
| player_team2 = Illinois
| player_years3 = 1937–1939
| player_team3 = Michigan
| player_positions = Halfback, quarterback
| coach_sport1 = Football
| coach_years2 = 1941
| coach_team2 = South Dakota Mines
| coach_years3 = 1945
| coach_team3 = Nebraska (backfield)
| coach_years4 = 1946
| coach_team4 = Albright
| coach_years5 = 1947–1948
| coach_team5 = Whitman
| coach_years6 = {{Circa|1950}}
| coach_team6 = Texas (assistant)
| coach_years7 = 1951–1952
| coach_team7 = UCLA (backfield)
| coach_years8 = 1954–1956
| coach_team8 = Sacramento State
| coach_sport9 = Basketball
| coach_years10 = 1941–1942
| coach_team10 = South Dakota Mines
| admin_years1 = 1947–1948
| admin_team1 = Whitman
| overall_record = 15–37–3 (football)
11–7 (basketball)
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David Arthur "Finky" Strong (1916 – March 25, 1993) was an American football player, coach of football and basketball, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (1941), Albright College (1946), Whitman College (1947–1948), and California State University, Sacramento (1954–1956). He was the head basketball coach at South Dakota Mines for one season, in 1941–42. While at Whitman, he also served as the school's athletic director.
Strong was born in Mount Vernon, Washington. He spent his childhood in Seattle, Spokane, Washington, Yakima, Washington, and Helena, Montana. He played college football at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign and the University of Michigan.{{cite news |author= |title=Dave Strong Is Given Borleske Post At Whitman |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=860&dat=19470714&id=X4sKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6EsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6776,3525668 |newspaper=Ellensburg Daily Record |date=July 14, 1947 |accessdate=May 18, 2014 }} Strong died from a heart attack while playing tennis in 1993.{{Cite web|url=http://helenair.com/sports/other/strong-earned-letters-at-hhs/article_52973bf9-82be-58be-91c2-bcd0a75f74a0.html|title=Strong earned 11 letters at HHS}}{{Cite web|url=http://ukiah.newspaperarchive.com/ukiah-daily-journal/1993-03-28/page-10/|title = Ukiah, California Newspaper Archives | NewspaperArchive®}}
Head coaching record
=Football=
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = South Dakota Mines Hardrockers
| conf = South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference
| startyear = 1941
| endyear = single
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1941
| name = South Dakota Mines
| overall = 4–2–1
| conference = 2–1
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = South Dakota Mines
| overall = 4–2–1
| confrecord = 2–1
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Albright Lions
| conf = Independent
| startyear = 1946
| endyear = single
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1946
| name = Albright
| overall = 1–7
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Albright
| overall = 1–7
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}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Whitman Fighting Missionaries
| conf = Northwest Conference
| startyear = 1947
| endyear = 1948
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1947
| name = Whitman
| overall = 1–6–1
| conference = 1–5
| confstanding = 6th
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1948
| name = Whitman
| overall = 4–4–1
| conference = 2–3–1
| confstanding = 5th
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| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Whitman
| overall = 5–10–1
| confrecord = 3–8–1
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Sacramento State Hornets
| conf = Far Western Conference
| startyear = 1954
| endyear = 1956
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1954
| name = Sacramento State
| overall = 0–7
| conference = 0–5
| confstanding = 7th
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| bowloutcome =
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1955
| name = Sacramento State
| overall = 2–6
| conference = 0–5
| confstanding = 6th
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| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1956
| name = Sacramento State
| overall = 3–5–1
| conference = 1–4
| confstanding = 5th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Sacramento State
| overall = 5–18–1
| confrecord = 1–14
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 15–37–3
| bowls = no
| poll = no
| polltype =
| legend = no
}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2714430/dave_strong_named_assistant_football/ 1945 profile on Strong]
- {{Find a Grave}}
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