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Washabaugh is one of tlie more colorful dis- trict basketball coaches. Known as Pappy to district sportswriters, he is well known for his slow, easy drawl and his dry sense of humor. Ad- mittedly superstitious, he always wears a green shirt and tie when his team is playing and issues a rabbit ' s foot and a siK er (juarter to each mem- ber of liis s(juad as standard equipment before the opening game of the season. He, himself, still has the same rabbit s foot he started out with at Westminster 15 years ago. In the e eninj; after basketball practiee, Mr. W ' aslialjaugh likes to catch up on the day ' s news. In his own playing days, Washabaugh was a topnotch athlete at Connellsville High School and at Indiana. There he played both tackle and fullback in football, guard in basketball, and second base in baseball. At the conclusion of his playing days, Washabaugh coached four years at Woodlawn High School, Aliquippa, Pa. Fol- lowing four more years as coach at South Hills High School, Pittsburgh, he moved to Pitts- burgh ' s South High where he attained top-notch recognition during his 10 year tenure. Then, in 1937, Washabaugh came to Westminster, where he has continued his amazing coaching record Mr. Washabaugli advises a player during half- tinu ' of a game. by winning 74 per cent of his games over a 14- year period. His teams went undefeated on their home court for 80 games in a row from December 1942 up imtil St. Bonaventure ended the streak last January. Therefore, it is with great pleasure that we dedicate this issue of the Argo to Westmin- ster ' s Athletic Director, Grover C. Washabaugh. Mr. Washabaugh is an outdoorsman and fish- ing and hunting are his fa orite pastimes. 15
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GROVER C. WASHABAUCH Perliaps no other man has done so mnch to linikl np recognition for Westminster inter- collegiate sports as has Grover C. Washabangh, Westminster ' s well-known athletic director. Since he came to the college in 1936, Washabaugh s basketball teams have met many of the nation ' s basketball powerhouses and appeared in many of the l ctter known arenas throughout the country. Up to this year, Washabaugh ' s teams have compiled the en iable record of 227 victories against only 81 defeats over a 14 year period. His Towering Titans have played s u c h nationally-known schools as Duquesne, Arkansas, City College of New York, Detroit, Harvard, Long Island University, Oklahoma A M, Pcpperdine University, Seton Hall, St. Bonaven- ture, St. Francis of Brooklyn, St. Joseph ' s, St. Mr. Vaslial)aiigh discusses Iniskt-thall willi Assistant Coach Cliarlcs Hidl. John s, .Arizona State, LaSalle, University of Pitts- buigh, Penn State, and West Virginia. His teams have appeared in big-time arenas in New York Citv, Boston, Buffalo, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Pittsbingh. and Philadelphia. His teams have won district championships six times in his fifteen years at Westminster, those vears being 1936, 1937, 1941, 1945, 1950, and 1951. Westminster had its most successful bas- ketball season in history imder Wa.shabangh in 1941, when the squad won 21 games and lost only one before being defeated by Long Island in the National Invitation Tournament in Madi- son Square Garden, New York. The Titans have journeved to the N. A. I. B. tournament in Kansas City for the last two years. Washabaugh ' s 1950 team ran up the greatest niunber of victories ever scored by a Westmins- ter squad, winning 25 games while losing only four. Since Washabangh became Director of Ath- letics, Westminster has turned out top-notch teams in baseball, cross-country, golf, track, soccer, and swimming. In addition to his duties of Athletic Director and head basketball coach, Washabangh also coached the football sfjuad for several years prior to World War II. 14
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