Bernie_Shively

Bernie Shively

Bernie Shively

American football player and coach, college athletics administrator


Bernie A. Shively (May 26, 1902 – December 10, 1967) was an American college football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He was the athletic director at the University of Kentucky from 1938 until his death.

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Shively served as an assistant football coach at Kentucky and was interim head football coach in 1945, prior to hiring Bear Bryant. Shively was linked to a scholarship scandal in 1962 involving the infamous football team known as the Thin Thirty, coached by Charlie Bradshaw.

Shively attended the University of Illinois. where he played football as a guard alongside Red Grange. He was a consensus All-American in 1926. He is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame, and is honored at Kentucky as the namesake of the track and field stadium.[1]

Shively died on December 10, 1967, at Saint Joseph Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky.[2]

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References

  1. "ukathletics.com - Shively Outdoor Track". Archived from the original on February 13, 2006. Retrieved September 4, 2006.

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