Red Blair
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{{Infobox college coach
| name = Red Blair
| image = Harold 'Red' Blair.jpg
| alt =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1900|2|21}}
| birth_place = Mount Vernon, Ohio, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1947|11|30|1900|2|21}}
| death_place = near Springfield, Missouri, U.S.
| alma_mater =
| player_sport1 = Football
| player_years2 = 1920–1922
| player_team2 = Ohio State
| player_sport3 = Basketball
| player_years4 = 1921–1923
| player_team4 = Ohio State
| player_positions = Halfback (football)
| coach_sport1 = Football
| coach_years2 = 1927–1935
| coach_team2 = Akron
| coach_years3 = 1937
| coach_team3 = Ohio State (assistant)
| coach_years4 = 1938–1946
| coach_team4 = Springfield / SW Missouri State
| coach_sport5 = Basketball
| coach_years6 = 1927–1936
| coach_team6 = Akron
| admin_years1 = 1938–1947
| admin_team1 = Springfield / SW Missouri State
| overall_record = 82–50–12 (football)
89–40 (basketball)
| bowl_record =
| tournament_record =
| championships = Football
1 MIAA (1940)
Basketball
1 OAC (1934)
| awards =
| coaching_records =
}}
Howard Holt "Red" Blair (February 21, 1900 – November 30, 1947){{cite web |url=http://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1947/1947_00037817.PDF |title=Standard Certificate of Death |date=December 15, 1947 |publisher=Missouri Division of Health |access-date=May 1, 2011}} was an American college football and college basketball player, coach, and athletics administrator in Ohio and Missouri. He served as the head football coach of the University of Akron from 1927 to 1935 and at Southwest Missouri State College—now known as Missouri State University—from 1938 to 1946, compiling a career college football head coaching record of 82–50–12. Blair was also the head coach of Akron Zips men's basketball team from 1927 to 1936, tallying a mark of 89–40. Blair grew up in Mount Vernon, Ohio, and played football and basketball at Ohio State University. He was a member of the 1920 Ohio State Buckeyes football team that played in the Rose Bowl. Blair died on November 30, 1947, at his farm near Springfield, Missouri.{{cite news |title=Howard Blair, Former Springfield Coach, Dies |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WbMfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JtcEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6948,76759 |newspaper=Southeast Missourian |agency=Associated Press |date=December 1, 1947 |access-date=December 16, 2010 }}
Head coaching record
=Football=
{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Akron Zippers
| conf = Ohio Athletic Conference
| startyear = 1927
| endyear = 1935
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1927
| name = Akron
| overall = 5–3
| conference = 4–3
| confstanding = 10th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1928
| name = Akron
| overall = 5–4
| conference = 3–4
| confstanding = T–6th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1929
| name = Akron
| overall = 9–1
| conference = 7–1
| confstanding = 4th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1930
| name = Akron
| overall = 7–1
| conference = 5–1
| confstanding = 2nd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1931
| name = Akron
| overall = 1–7
| conference = 0–6
| confstanding = T–17th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1932
| name = Akron
| overall = 2–4–3
| conference = 1–4–3
| confstanding = 13th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1933
| name = Akron
| overall = 5–3–1
| conference = 5–2–1
| confstanding = 3rd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1934
| name = Akron
| overall = 3–4–1
| conference = 3–4
| confstanding = T–12th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1935
| name = Akron
| overall = 6–3
| conference = 6–3
| confstanding = T–4th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Akron
| overall = 43–30–5
| confrecord = 34–28–4
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Springfield / Southwest Missouri State Bears
| conf = Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association
| startyear = 1938
| endyear = 1946
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1938
| name = Springfield
| overall = 5–2–2
| conference = 2–2–1
| confstanding = 3rd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1939
| name = Springfield
| overall = 7–1–1
| conference = 3–1–1
| confstanding = 2nd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1940
| name = Springfield
| overall = 10–0
| conference = 5–0
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1941
| name = Springfield
| overall = 8–3
| conference = 3–2
| confstanding = 4th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1942
| name = Springfield
| overall = 2–7–2
| conference = 2–2
| confstanding = T–3rd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1943
| name = No team—World War II
| overall =
| conference =
| confstanding =
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1944
| name = No team—World War II
| overall =
| conference =
| confstanding =
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1945
| name = Southwest Missouri State
| overall = 5–1–2
| conference =
| confstanding =
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1946
| name = Southwest Missouri State
| overall = 2–6
| conference = 1–4
| confstanding = 5th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Springfield / Southwest Missouri State
| overall = 39–20–7
| confrecord = 16–11–2
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 82–50–12
| bowls = no
| poll = no
| polltype =
}}
=Basketball=
{{CBB Yearly Record Start | type = | conference = | postseason= | poll = }}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Akron Zippers
| conference = Ohio Athletic Conference
| startyear = 1927
| endyear = 1936
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1927–28
| name = Akron
| overall = 8–5
| conference = 7–5
| confstanding = 7th
| postseason =
| ranking =
| ranking2 =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1928–29
| name = Akron
| overall = 12–3
| conference = 12–2
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason =
| ranking =
| ranking2 =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1929–30
| name = Akron
| overall = 11–3
| conference = 10–3
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason =
| ranking =
| ranking2 =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1930–31
| name = Akron
| overall = 4–9
| conference = 3–8
| confstanding = T–10th
| postseason =
| ranking =
| ranking2 =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1931–32
| name = Akron
| overall = 8–7
| conference = 7–7
| confstanding = T–6th
| postseason =
| ranking =
| ranking2 =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1932–33
| name = Akron
| overall = 11–3
| conference = 10–3
| confstanding = T–3rd
| postseason =
| ranking =
| ranking2 =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 1933–34
| name = Akron
| overall = 15–1
| conference = 14–1
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason =
| ranking =
| ranking2 =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1934–35
| name = Akron
| overall = 12–3
| conference = 12–3
| confstanding = T–2nd
| postseason =
| ranking =
| ranking2 =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1935–36
| name = Akron
| overall = 8–6
| conference = 7–5
| confstanding = 10th
| postseason =
| ranking =
| ranking2 =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Akron
| overall = 89–40
| confrecord = 82–37
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record End
| overall = 89–40
| poll =
| polltype =
}}
References
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External links
- {{Find a Grave|87803799}}
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