Garrett Arbelbide
| Sport(s) | Football |
|---|---|
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
September 5, 1909 Redlands, California |
| Died |
July 24, 1983 (aged 73) Sacramento, California |
| Alma mater | University of Southern California |
| Playing career | |
| 1929–1931 | USC |
| Position(s) | End |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1937–1939 | Northern Arizona |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 8–17–2 |
Garrett W. Arbelbide (September 5, 1909 – July 24, 1983) was an American football and baseball player and football coach.
A native of San Bernardino County, California,[1] he grew up in Redlands and played college football at the end position for the USC Trojans football team from 1929 to 1931. He was selected by the Newspaper Enterprise Association and the New York Evening Post as a first-team end on the 1930 College Football All-America Team.[2][3] He was also selected as a second-team All-American by the Associated Press.[4] He also played on the 1931 USC Trojans football team that won a national championship.
Arbelbide also played college baseball at USC from 1930 to 1932 and professional baseball as an outfielder for the Hollywood Stars of the Pacific Coast League in 1933.[5] He later served as the head coach of the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team from 1937 to 1939, compiling an 8–17–2 record.[6]
Arbelbide also served in the military during World War II and worked as a teacher and rancher. He was married to Fern Arbelbide and had three children (Garrett Lea, Janice and Cindy Lea) and lived in Bakersfield, Santa Barbara, Lodi and Pioneer, California, in his later years. He died in a Sacramento hospital in 1983 at age 72.[7][8] He was posthumously inducted into the USC Hall of Fame in 1999.
References
- ↑ Birth record for Garrett W. Arbelbide. Ancestry.com. California Birth Index, 1905-1995 [database on-line].
- ↑ L.S. "Larry" MacPhail (1930-12-13). "NEA Service's All-America Teams". Olean Times.
- ↑ "EASTERN SCRIBE LIKES RUSSELL: Former Husker Listed All-American By New York Post". Lincoln Star. 1930-11-29.
- ↑ Alan Gould (1930-12-06). "MIDDLE WEST HOLDS EDGE IN SELECTION OF 1930 ALL-AMERICAN GRID TEAMS: POLL BY ASSOCIATED PRESS SELECTS STARS FOR MYTHICAL ELEVEN". Evening Independent.
- ↑ "Garrett Arbelbide Minor League Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
- ↑ "Garrett Arbelbide Records by Year". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus.
- ↑ "Garrett Arbelbide". Lodi News-Sentinel. 1983.
- ↑ Death record for Garrett Arbelbide, born September 5, 1909, died July 24, 1983. Ancestry.com. California, Death Index, 1940-1997 [database on-line].