Elmer Ripley
{{Short description|Basketball player and coach (1891–1982)}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Elmer Ripley
| image = Elmer_Ripley.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Ripley from the 1943 Domesday Booke
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1892|7|21}}
| birth_place = Staten Island, New York, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1982|4|29|1891|7|21}}
| death_place = New York City, New York, U.S.
| alma_mater =
| coach_years1 = 1922–1925
| coach_team1 = Wagner
| coach_years2 = 1927–1929
| coach_team2 = Georgetown
| coach_years3 = 1929–1935
| coach_team3 = Yale
| coach_years4 = 1938–1943
| coach_team4 = Georgetown
| coach_years5 = 1943–1945
| coach_team5 = Columbia
| coach_years6 = 1945–1946
| coach_team6 = Notre Dame
| coach_years7 = 1946–1949
| coach_team7 = Georgetown
| coach_years8 = 1949–1951
| coach_team8 = John Carroll
| coach_years9 = 1951–1953
| coach_team9 = Army
| overall_record = 301–226 (college)
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| BASKHOF_year = 1973
| BASKHOF_id = elmer-ripley
}}
Elmer H. Ripley (July 21, 1891 – April 29, 1982) was an American basketball coach. He coached college basketball at seven different schools and for several professional teams.
Early life
Ripley was born in Staten Island, New York on July 21, 1891. After graduating from local Curtis High School, he attended Brown University.
Playing career
Ripley began his career as a player before making the switch to coach in 1922. At age 19, Ripley decided to leave Brown to play basketball professionally with the Interstate League Brooklyn Trolly Dodgers, the New York League's Utica Utes and the "Original Celtics" club. Ripley would enjoy numerous achievements including being voted among the ten best pro players from 1909 to 1926.
Coaching career
After playing, he went on to coach basketball at several major American universities and traveled the world teaching the game. Ripley began his first professional coaching tenure with Wagner College in 1922, before moving into a position at Georgetown University in 1927. He won 12 of his first 13 games. During his many years with the Georgetown, he achieved a 133–82 record and lead the Hoyas to the NCAA tournament in 1943, reaching the national championship game. Ripley was hired away by several colleges including Columbia University, University of Notre Dame, and Yale University, which he coached to the 1933 Ivy League championship.
After leaving Georgetown in 1949, Ripley coached the Harlem Globetrotters (1953–1956), the Israeli Olympic team (1956) and the Canadian Olympic team (1960). The U.S. Committee for Sports sent Ripley to Israel in 1957 to teach basketball. In 1962, Ripley coached high school basketball for the Englewood (N.J.)School for Boys (later part of the Dwight-Englewood School). In 1965–66, while coaching at Englewood, Ripley was hired by the New York Knicks to teach their center, future Hall of Famer Willis Reed, how to play the power forward position when the Knicks acquired a second center, future Hall of Famer Walt Bellamy, for their team. Ripley continued to coach through his 80th birthday and was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1973.
Ripley died on April 29, 1982, at the age of 90.
Head coaching record
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Wagner Seahawks
| conference = Independent
| startyear = 1922
| endyear = 1925
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1922–23
| name = Wagner
| overall = 6–6
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1923–24
| name = Wagner
| overall = 8–8
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| season = 1924–25
| name = Wagner
| overall = 9–8
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Wagner
| overall = 23–22 ({{Winning percentage|23|22}})
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Georgetown Hoyas
| conference = Independent
| startyear = 1927
| endyear = 1929
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1927–28
| name = Georgetown
| overall = 12–1
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1928–29
| name = Georgetown
| overall = 12–5
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Georgetown
| overall = 24–6 ({{Winning percentage|24|6}})
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Yale Bulldogs
| conference = Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League
| startyear = 1929
| endyear = 1935
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1929–30
| name = Yale
| overall = 13–8
| conference = 4–6
| confstanding = T–3rd
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1930–31
| name = Yale
| overall = 15–8
| conference = 6–4
| confstanding = T–2nd
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1931–32
| name = Yale
| overall = 10–12
| conference = 1–9
| confstanding = 6th
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 1932–33
| name = Yale
| overall = 19–3
| conference = 8–2
| confstanding = 1st
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1933–34
| name = Yale
| overall = 14–9
| conference = 7–5
| confstanding = T–3rd
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1934–35
| name = Yale
| overall = 11–10
| conference = 5–7
| confstanding = 4th
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Yale
| overall = 82–50 ({{Winning percentage|82|50}})
| confrecord = 31–33 ({{Winning percentage|31|33}})
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Georgetown Hoyas
| conference = Eastern Intercollegiate Conference
| startyear = 1938
| endyear = 1939
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 1938–39
| name = Georgetown
| overall = 13–9
| conference = 6–4
| confstanding = T–1st
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Georgetown Hoyas
| conference = Independent
| startyear = 1939
| endyear = 1943
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1939–40
| name = Georgetown
| overall = 8–10
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1940–41
| name = Georgetown
| overall = 16–4
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| season = 1941–42
| name = Georgetown
| overall = 9–11
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1942–43
| name = Georgetown
| overall = 22–5
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| postseason = NCAA Runner-up
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Georgetown
| overall = 68–39 ({{Winning percentage|24|39}})
| confrecord = 6–4 ({{Winning percentage|6|4}})
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Columbia Lions
| conference = Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League
| startyear = 1943
| endyear = 1945
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1943–44
| name = Columbia
| overall = 7–9
| conference = 2–6
| confstanding = T–3rd
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1944–45
| name = Columbia
| overall = 9–10
| conference = 1–5
| confstanding = 4th
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Columbia
| overall = 16–19 ({{Winning percentage|16|19}})
| confrecord = 3–11 ({{Winning percentage|3|11}})
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Notre Dame Fighting Irish
| conference = Independent
| startyear = 1945
| endyear = 1946
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1945–46
| name = Notre Dame
| overall = 17–4
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Notre Dame
| overall = 17–4 ({{Winning percentage|17|4}})
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Georgetown Hoyas
| conference = Independent
| startyear = 1946
| endyear = 1949
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1946–47
| name = Georgetown
| overall = 17–4
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1947–48
| name = Georgetown
| overall = 13–15
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1948–49
| name = Georgetown
| overall = 9–15
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Georgetown
| overall = 39–34 ({{Winning percentage|39|34}})
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = John Carroll Blue Streaks
| conference = Independent
| startyear = 1949
| endyear = 1951
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1949–50
| name = John Carroll
| overall = 9–11
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1950–51
| name = John Carroll
| overall = 2–21
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = John Carroll
| overall = 11–32 ({{Winning percentage|11|32}})
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Army Cadets
| conference = Independent
| startyear = 1951
| endyear = 1953
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1951–52
| name = Army
| overall = 8–9
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1952–53
| name = Army
| overall = 11–8
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Army
| overall = 19–17 ({{Winning percentage|19|17}})
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{{CBB Yearly Record End
| overall=301–226 ({{Winning percentage|301|226}})
}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{Basketballhof|elmer-ripley}}
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