Bob Ingalls

Bob Ingalls
	Ingalls from 1946 Cornhusker
No. 53
Position:	Center
Personal information
Born:	January 17, 1919; Marblehead, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died:	April 8, 1970 (aged 51); Willimantic, Connecticut, U.S.
Career information
High school:	Marblehead; The Kiski School
College:	Michigan
NFL draft:	1942 / Round: 18 / Pick: 169
Career history
As a player:
	Green Bay Packers (1942);
As a coach:
	Lincoln AAF (1944); (Head coach); Nebraska (1945); (Centers); Kansas (1946–1947); (Line); Navy (1948–1949); (Line); Connecticut (1950–1951); (Line); Connecticut (1952–1963); (Head coach);
Career highlights and awards
	First-team All-Big Ten (1941);
Career NFL statistics
Games played–started:
Games played–started:	10–6
Interceptions:	1
Touchdowns:	1
	Player stats at NFL.com

Donald Robert Ingalls (January 17, 1919 – April 8, 1970) was an American football player and coach. He played college football at the University of Michigan and was chosen by conference coaches as a second-team player on the Associated Press All-Big Ten Conference team in 1940.^[1] He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the 18th round of the 1942 NFL Draft and played professionally in the National Football League (NFL) for the Packers for one season, in 1942.^[2] Ingalls was the head coach of the 1944 Lincoln Army Air Field Wings football team.^[3] He served as the head football coach at the University of Connecticut from 1952 to 1963, compiling a record of 49–54–3.

Ingalls died on April 8, 1970, at Windham Community Hospital in Willimantic, Connecticut.^[4]

Head coaching record[edit]


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Lincoln Army Air Field Wings (Independent) (1944)
1944	Lincoln AAF	6–1
Lincoln AAF:		6–1
Connecticut Huskies (Yankee Conference) (1952–1963)
1952	Connecticut	5–3	3–1	T–1st
1953	Connecticut	3–4–1	2–1–1	3rd
1954	Connecticut	1–8	0–4	6th
1955	Connecticut	4–4	2–2	T–3rd
1956	Connecticut	6–2–1	3–0–1	1st
1957	Connecticut	5–4–1	3–0–1	T–1st
1958	Connecticut	7–3	4–0	1st
1959	Connecticut	6–3	4–0	1st
1960	Connecticut	5–4	3–1	T–1st
1961	Connecticut	2–7	2–2	3rd
1962	Connecticut	3–6	2–2	3rd
1963	Connecticut	2–6	1–3	5th
Connecticut:		49–54–3	29–16–3
Total:		55–55–3
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth