caption player_team death_date death_place coach_years birth_place overall_record championships player_years coach_team awards sport birth_date image article_title name
dolph stanley marion high school 9 july 1990 rockford , illinois 1930 1945 -- 1957 1960 -- 1970 1970 -- 1980 1984 -- -- 1989 1934 1934 -- 1937 1938 -- 1945 marion , illinois 943-370 ihsa champions -lrb- 1946 , 1947 , 1948 , 1949 , boys 1950 , 1951 -rrb- basketball championship -lrb- 1944 -rrb- midwest conference 1918 -- 1922 equality rockford auburn hs rockford boylan hs rockford keith hs hs mt. pulaski hs taylorville hs beloit college beloit nic-10 coach of the year -lrb- 1977 -rrb- 100 legends college of the ihsa boys basketball tournament -lrb- 2007 -rrb- wbca athletic hall of fame -lrb- 2009 -rrb- hall of honor -lrb- 1971 -rrb- basketball , football 23 january 1905 portrait of dolph stanley.png dolph stanley
 dolph stanley
dolph stanley

dolph stanley -lrb- january 23 , 1905 -- july 9 , 1990 -rrb- was an american basketball player and coach .
nicknamed the '' silver fox '' , stanley is best known for holding the `` unbreakable '' record of guiding five different illinois high school association -lrb- ihsa -rrb- schools into the state tournament .
he gained national prominence by coaching beloit college to a 238 -- 57 basketball record from 1945 to 1957 while guiding them to an nit berth and a final ap rank of # 16 in 1951 .
collectively , stanley coached six high school teams as well as beloit college , compiling 943 total victories -lrb- 705 high school , 238 college -rrb- .
he finished his career in 1989 at keith country day school in rockford .
