Facts: - sport: football , basketball , baseball - coach team: findlay army -lrb- assistant -rrb- purdue findlay army muskingum washington & jefferson miami -lrb- oh -rrb- - player years: 1929 -- 1931 - birth date: 11 september 1910 - coach sport: football basketball - caption: holcomb yearbook pictured in '' debris 1954 '' , purdue - death date: 11 january 1977 - name: stu holcomb - death place: sarasota , florida - birth place: erie , pennsylvania - admin years: 1956 -- 1966 1971 -- 1973 - admin team: northwestern chicago white sox -lrb- gm -rrb- - player positions: halfback - overall record: 93 -- 40 -lrb- basketball -rrb- -- 75 -- 12 -lrb- football -rrb- 54 - championships: 1 -lrb- 1952 -rrb- ohio athletic -lrb- 1939 -rrb- 1 big ten - coach years: 1932 1943 1945 -- 1946 1947 -- 1955 1932 -- 1936 -- 1945 -- 1947 1935 1936 -- 1940 1941 1942 -- - player team: ohio state - cfbdwid: 1088 - image: stu holcomb.jpg Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of stu holcomb .
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stuart k. holcomb -lrb- september 11 , 1910 -- january 11 , 1977 -rrb- was an american football and basketball coach best known for serving as head football coach for miami university -lrb- 1942 -- 1943 -rrb- and purdue university -lrb- 1947 -- 1955 -rrb- .before coaching , holcomb was a starting halfback at ohio state university and the captain of the 1931 buckeyes football team .prior to arriving at miami , holcomb was the head football coach at three smaller schools : the university of findlay -lrb- 1932 -- 1935 -rrb- , muskingum college -lrb- 1936 -- 1940 -rrb- , and washington & jefferson college -lrb- 1941 -rrb- .he also served as the head basketball coach at university of findlay for four seasons , 1932 -- 33 thru 1935 -- 36 , and at the united states military academy from 1945 to 1947 .after retiring from coaching , holcomb was the athletic director at northwestern university -lrb- 1956 -- 1966 -rrb- and later the general manager of major league baseball 's chicago white sox -lrb- 1971 -- 1973 -rrb- .