Please answer the following question: Facts: - sport: football , basketball - death place: lafayette , indiana - player team: purdue - player sport: football - caption: jamison from 1897 purdue yearbook - death date: 12 april 1962 - coach team: purdue purdue - player years: 1892 -- 1896 - coach years: 1898 -- 1900 1899 -- 1901 - overall record: 11 -- 1 -lrb- basketball -rrb- -- 11 -- 1 -lrb- football -rrb- 12 - birth date: 27 november 1875 - player positions: halfback , fullback , quarterback - name: alpha jamison - coach sport: football basketball - cfbdwid: 1175 - image: alpha jamison.jpg - birth place: lafayette , indiana Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of alpha jamison .
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alpha pierce jamison -lrb- november 27 , 1875 -- april 12 , 1962 -rrb- was an american football player and coach of football and basketball .he served as the head football coach at purdue university from 1898 to 1900 , compiling a record of 11 -- 11 -- 1 .jamison was also the head basketball coach at purdue for two seasons from 1899 to 1901 , tallying a mark of 12 -- 1 .