LeRoy Sprankle College coach

LeRoy Sprankle (June 11, 1894 - September 25, 1972) was a high school sports coach and athletics advocate in Eastern Tennessee and South Florida. Often referred to as the "Father of East Tennessee Sports", he had several notable accomplishments during his tenured career including: helping to standardize high school officiating in the state of Tennessee, pioneering interstate and international high school sports competition, and most notably, coaching several would-be prominent figures in American and sports history.

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LeRoy Sprankle
Birth dateJune 11, 1894
Birth place
Beach City Ohio
Date of deathSeptember 25, 1972
Place of death
Homestead Florida

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coached team
Dobyns-Bennett High School
Carrollton High School (Carrollton Ohio)
Canton Independents
overall recordBaseball: 117-61 Basketball: 401-142 Football: 80-38-9

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