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  1. www.nytimes.com › 1995/05/15 › obituariesTommy Prothro, 74, Football Coach - The New York Times

    May 15, 1995 · James (Tommy) Prothro Jr., the former U.C.L.A. football coach, died today at his home here after a three-year bout with cancer. He was 74. Prothro, a standout lineman at Duke University, was ...

  2. www.latimes.com › archives › la-xpm-1995/05/15-spFormer UCLA, Ram Coach Prothro Dies - Los Angeles Times

    May 15, 1995 · By CHRIS BAKER. May 15, 1995 12 AM PT. TIMES STAFF WRITER. Tommy Prothro, a former football coach with UCLA, the Rams, the San Diego Chargers and Oregon State, died Sunday at his home in Memphis ...

  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Tommy_ProthroTommy Prothro - Wikipedia

    Inducted in 1991 ( profile) James Thompson Prothro Jr. (July 20, 1920 – May 14, 1995) was an American football coach and player. He was the head coach at Oregon State University from 1955 to 1964 and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) from 1965 to 1970, compiling a career college football record of 104–55–5 (.649).

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    • 104–55–5 (college), 35–51–2 (NFL)
    • May 14, 1995 (aged 74), Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
    • July 20, 1920, Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.

  4. www.spokesman.com › stories › 1995Cancer Kills Ex-Coaching Standout Prothro Directed Oregon ...

    May 15, 1995 · Former NFL head coach Tommy Prothro, who took Oregon State and UCLA to the Rose Bowl in consecutive years, died Sunday at his home after a three-year bout with cancer. He was 74.

  5. uclabruins.com › honors › hall-of-fameTommy Prothro (1985) - Hall of Fame - UCLA

    Tommy Prothro made his mark as one of the Bruins' all-time great football coaches. Prothro was the winner of the 1941 Jacobs Award as the best blocker in the East while playing for Duke (1939-1941). He played in the 1942 Rose Bowl Game held in Durham, North Carolina, because of wartime security considerations.

  6. footballfoundation.org › hof_searchTommy Prothro (1991) - Hall of Fame - National Football ...

    1991. Tommy Prothro was a winner all the way. He played quarterback under Hall of Famer Wallace Wade at Duke, and in 1941 won the Jacobs Award as the best blocker in the Southern Conference. In 10 years at Oregon State he had a 63-37-2 record, the best on the west coast. Moving to UCLA in 1965, he coached there six years and went 41- 18-3.

  7. oregonsportshall.org › timeline › tommy-prothro-coachingTommy Prothro – Coaching | Oregon Sports Hall of Fame & Museum

    Nov 15, 2018 · Tommy Prothro – Coaching. (Jul. 20, 1920 – May 14, 1995) Tommy Prothro is widely regarded as Oregon State’s most successful football coach, having led the Beavers to the Rose Bowl twice in 10 years. Born in 1920, Prothro grew up in Memphis, Tenn., and played quarterback and halfback at Duke University during his four seasons there, 1938-41.

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