death_date coach_team birth_date alma_mater death_place player_positions player_years cfbdwid admin_years name birth_place awards sport admin_team championships coach_years overall_record article_title player_team
1 october 2005 hoquiam texas -lrb- assistant -rrb- olympia hs -lrb- wa -rrb- montana hs capital hs -lrb- wa -rrb- frankfurt galaxy -lrb- wr -rrb- -lrb- wa -rrb- washington -lrb- freshman -rrb- 23 february 1920 university of montana , 1942 olympia , washington quarterback , halfback , end 1939 -- 1941 2905 1967 -- 1975 jack swarthout sunnyside , washington 3 1967 , 1969 , 1970 -rrb- × big sky coach of the year -lrb- football montana 2 big sky -lrb- 1969 , 1970 -rrb- 1947 1966 1967 -- 1975 1976 -- 1985 1992 -- 1955 1956 1957 -- 1958 1959 -- 51 -- 41 -- 1 -lrb- college -rrb- jack swarthout
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jack swarthout

harold jack swarthout -lrb- february 23 , 1920 -- october 1 , 2005 -rrb- was an american college football player , coach , and administrator .
he served as head football coach and athletic director at his alma mater , the university of montana , from 1967 through 1975 .
swarthout compiled an overall record of 51 -- 41 -- 1 -lrb- -rrb- , winning big sky conference championships in 1969 and 1970 .
swarthout played for the grizzlies in the three seasons immediately prior to world war ii as an undersized but exciting back , nicknamed `` rabbit . ''
he graduated from montana in 1942 , served in the u.s. army during the war , then coached high school football in hoquiam , washington .
