Joe Justice
| Biographical details | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | November 16, 1916 | ||||||||||||||
| Died | July 25, 2005 (aged 88) | ||||||||||||||
| Playing career | |||||||||||||||
| Baseball | |||||||||||||||
| 1940–1941 | Sanford Seminoles | ||||||||||||||
| 1941 | Ocala Yearlings | ||||||||||||||
| 1946 | Sanford Seminoles | ||||||||||||||
| 1947 | Orlando Senators | ||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Second baseman, pitcher | ||||||||||||||
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |||||||||||||||
| Football | |||||||||||||||
| 1949 | Rollins | ||||||||||||||
| Basketball | |||||||||||||||
| 1951–1953 | Rollins | ||||||||||||||
| Baseball | |||||||||||||||
| 1947–1971 | Rollins | ||||||||||||||
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |||||||||||||||
| 1957–1981 | Rollins | ||||||||||||||
| Head coaching record | |||||||||||||||
| Overall | 17–22 (basketball) 482–287–13 (baseball) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Joseph Justice Sr. (November 16, 1916 – July 25, 2005)[1] was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach.[citation needed] Justice played on the United States national team at the 1939 Amateur World Series in Havana. He served as the head baseball coach at Rollins from 1947 to 1971, leading the Tars to the 1954 College World Series becoming the smallest school in NCAA history to do so.[2]
Justice also served as the head football coach at Rollins College in 1949.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Joseph Justice". Fold3. Retrieved April 13, 2020.
- ^ "Joe Justice". legacy.com. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
- ^ "Joe Justice". Florida Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved July 10, 2018.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Florida Sports Hall of Fame profile
Categories:
- 1916 births
- 2005 deaths
- American men's basketball players
- Baseball pitchers
- Baseball second basemen
- Orlando Senators players
- Rollins Tars athletic directors
- Rollins Tars baseball coaches
- Rollins Tars baseball players
- Rollins Tars football coaches
- Rollins Tars football players
- Rollins Tars men's basketball coaches
- Rollins Tars men's basketball players
- Sanford Seminoles players