Royce Purinton

American football coach
Royce Purinton
Biographical details
Born(1877-10-27)October 27, 1877
West Bowdoin, Maine, U.S.
DiedMarch 25, 1919(1919-03-25) (aged 41)
Lewiston, Maine, U.S.
Alma materBates (1900)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1902Bates
1904–1917Bates
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1907Bates

Royce Davis Purinton (October 27, 1877 – March 25, 1919) was an American football coach.[1] He served as the head football coach at Bates College in 1902 and from 1904 to 1917.[2]

Purinton died of heart failure, on March 25, 1919, in Lewiston, Maine.[3]

References

  1. ^ Who's Who in New England. A.N. Marquis. 1915. p. 881. Retrieved July 10, 2018 – via Internet Archive.
  2. ^ "Bates Student". Class of 1907 Bates College. April 1, 1906. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
  3. ^ "Royce D. Purinton, Director Of Athletics At Bates, Dead". Norwich Bulletin. Norwich, Connecticut. March 26, 1919. p. 3. Retrieved March 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.

External links

  • Royce Purinton at Find a Grave
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Bates Bobcats head football coaches
  • No coach (1875)
  • No team (1876–1888)
  • No coach (1889)
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  • Calvin C. Brackett (1893)
  • William F. Garcelon (1894–1895)
  • Walter Kelly (1897)
  • William Hoag (1897–1901)
  • Royce Purinton (1902)
  • Dennett Richardson (1903)
  • Royce Purinton (1904–1912)
  • Roger A. Greene (1913–1915)
  • Royce Purinton (1916–1917)
  • No team (1918)
  • Thomas Sullivan (1919–1920)
  • Raymond A. Watkins (1921)
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  • Wade E. Marlette (1942)
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  • Mark Harriman (1998–2017)
  • Malik Hall (2018–2019)
  • No team (2020)
  • Ed Argast # (2021)
  • Matt Coyne (2022– )

# denotes interim head coach