Rolla Anderson
{{Short description|American football and basketball coach (1920–2018)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Rolla Anderson
| image = Rolla_Anderson.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Anderson from the 1958 Boiling Point
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1920|8|1}}
| birth_place =
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2018|4|25|1920|8|1}}
| death_place =
| alma_mater =
| player_sport1 = Football
| player_years2 = 1941–1942
| player_team2 = Southeast Missouri State
| player_years3 = 1943
| player_team3 = Western Michigan
| player_sport4 = Basketball
| player_years5 = 1941–1943
| player_team5 = Southeast Missouri State
| player_years6 = 1943–1944
| player_team6 = Western Michigan
| player_positions = End (football)
| coach_sport1 = Football
| coach_years2 = 1953–1966
| coach_team2 = Kalamazoo
| coach_sport3 = Basketball
| coach_years4 = 1953–1955
| coach_team4 = Kalamazoo
| overall_record = 56–56–1 (football)
12–25 (basketball)
| bowl_record =
| tournament_record =
| championships = Football
2 MIAA (1962–1963)
| awards =
| coaching_records =
}}
Rolla Leonard Anderson (August 1, 1920 – April 25, 2018) was an American football and basketball coach. He served as the head football at Kalamazoo College in Kalamazoo, Michigan for 14 seasons, from 1953 to 1966, compiling a record of 56–56–1.{{Cite web
|last = DeLassus
|first = David
|title = Kalamazoo Coaching Records
|publisher = College Football Data Warehouse
|url = http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iii/miaa/kalamazoo/coaching_records.php
|accessdate = December 2, 2010
|url-status = dead
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20101121023910/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iii/miaa/kalamazoo/coaching_records.php
|archivedate = November 21, 2010
}} Anderson was also the head basketball coach at Kalamazoo for two seasons, from 1953 to 1955, tallying a mark of 12–25.
Life and career
A native of Mount Vernon, Illinois, Anderson played football and basketball at Southeast Missouri State Teachers College, now Southeast Missouri State University, and at Western Michigan College, now Western Michigan University, graduating from the latter in 1944. Anderson married Patricia Jean Anderson (November 18, 1922 – March 15, 2010) on December 23, 1944, in Washington, D.C.{{cite web |url=http://www.tributes.com/show/Patricia-Anderson-88091519 |title=Patricia Jean Anderson 1922 - 2010 - Obituary |author= |date= |publisher=Tributes.com |accessdate=December 4, 2010}} He died in April 2018 at the age of 97.[http://obits.mlive.com/obituaries/kalamazoo/obituary.aspx?n=rolla-leonard-anderson&pid=188851636&fhid=8372 Rolla Leonard Anderson Obituary]
Head coaching record
=Football=
{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Kalamazoo Hornets
| conf = Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association
| startyear = 1953
| endyear = 1966
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1953
| name = Kalamazoo
| overall = 1–7
| conference = 0–6
| confstanding = 7th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1954
| name = Kalamazoo
| overall = 6–2
| conference = 4–2
| confstanding = T–2nd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1955
| name = Kalamazoo
| overall = 5–3
| conference = 4–2
| confstanding = 2nd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1956
| name = Kalamazoo
| overall = 5–3
| conference = 5–1
| confstanding = 2nd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1957
| name = Kalamazoo
| overall = 2–5–1
| conference = 2–3–1
| confstanding = 5th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1958
| name = Kalamazoo
| overall = 0–8
| conference = 0–6
| confstanding = 7th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1959
| name = Kalamazoo
| overall = 2–6
| conference = 1–5
| confstanding = T–5th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1960
| name = Kalamazoo
| overall = 4–5
| conference = 2–3
| confstanding = 4th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1961
| name = Kalamazoo
| overall = 4–4
| conference = 3–2
| confstanding = 3rd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1962
| name = Kalamazoo
| overall = 8–0
| conference = 5–0
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1963
| name = Kalamazoo
| overall = 6–2
| conference = 4–1
| confstanding = T–1st
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1964
| name = Kalamazoo
| overall = 5–3
| conference = 3–2
| confstanding = 3rd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1965
| name = Kalamazoo
| overall = 5–3
| conference = 3–2
| confstanding = T–2nd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1966
| name = Kalamazoo
| overall = 3–5
| conference = 2–3
| confstanding = T–4th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Kalamazoo
| overall = 56–56–1
| confrecord = 38–38–1
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 56–56–1
| bowls = no
| poll = no
| polltype =
}}
References
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External links
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