Maurice H. Palrang

{{Short description|American baseball player and football coach (1906–1978)}}

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| name = Maurice H. Palrang

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1906|11|30}}

| birth_place = Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1978|2|8|1906|11|30}}

| death_place = Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.

| alma_mater = Regis College

| player_sport1 = Baseball

| player_years2 = 1929

| player_team2 = Des Moines Demons

| player_years3 = 1930

| player_team3 = Norton Jayhawks

| coach_sport1 = Football

| coach_years2 = 1934–1939

| coach_team2 = Creighton Prep (NE)

| coach_years3 = 1940–1942

| coach_team3 = Creighton

| coach_years4 = 1945–1973

| coach_team4 = Boys Town (NE)

| overall_record = 16–11–2 (college)

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Maurice Henry "Skip" Palrang (November 30, 1906 – February 8, 1978) was an American minor league baseball player and football coach.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=palran001m--|title=Maurice Palrang|publisher=Baseball-Reference|access-date=July 10, 2018}} He served as the head football coach at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska from 1940 to 1942, compiling a record of 16–11–2.

He was Creighton's final head football coach before the program folded after the 1942 season.{{cite web|url=http://nebhalloffame.org/maurice-h-palrang-boys-town/?id=1|title=Maurice Palrang|publisher=Nebraska High School Sports Hall of Fame|access-date=July 10, 2018}} After World War II, Palrang served as the head football and basketball coach at Boys Town, Nebraska.{{cite web|url=https://library.uta.edu/digitalgallery/items/show/80486|title=All Star Football game|publisher=uta.edu|access-date=August 15, 2018}}