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Forrest Sprowl

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Forrest Sprowl
Sprowl as a senior at Purdue.
Personal information
Born(1919-08-23)August 23, 1919
Huntington, Indiana, U.S.
DiedOctober 19, 1988(1988-10-19) (aged 69)
Appleton, Wisconsin, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight175 lb (79 kg)
Career information
High schoolOblong (Oblong, Illinois)
CollegePurdue (1939–1942)
PositionSmall forward
Coaching career1946–1955
Career history
As player:
1942Chicago Bruins
As coach:
1946–1947Oblong HS
1947–1951Monticello HS
1951–1955Lawrence
Career highlights and awards
Career coaching record
College40–33 (.548)

Forrest Henry "Frosty" Sprowl (August 23, 1919 – October 19, 1988) was an American basketball player and coach. An All-American college player at Purdue, he was a head coach at the college level at Lawrence.

Sprowl came to Purdue University from Oblong, Illinois to play for coach Ward Lambert. During the course of his three-year varsity career he was twice named Purdue MVP and earned All-Big Ten Conference honors as a senior.[1] At the close of the season he was named a second-team All-American by Converse.[2]

Following the close of his college career, Sprowl enlisted in the Navy and played with the Great Lakes Naval Training Station under Tony Hinkle.[3] Upon returning to civilian life, he turned to high school coaching, first for his alma mater Oblong High School for a year and then to Monticello High School in Indiana for four seasons. He was then named head basketball coach at Lawrence College (now Lawrence University) in 1951, also taking on assistant football and head tennis coaching duties.[4] He coached at Lawrence for four seasons before resigning for a corporate job.[5]

Sprowl died on October 21, 1988.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Forrest Sprowl selected most valuable player; 15 awarded". Journal & Courier. March 6, 1941. p. 20. Retrieved June 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. ^ NCAA Men's Basketball's Finest (PDF). Indianapolis, Indiana: National Collegiate Athletic Association. 2005. p. 179.
  3. ^ "4 All-Americans to play here with Great Lakes next week". St. Louis Star-Times. February 11, 1943. p. 24. Retrieved June 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ^ "New Viking Coach Signed". The Post-Crescent. May 15, 1951. p. 23. Retrieved June 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  5. ^ "Lawrence College Basketball, Tennis Coach Resigns Post". Palladium-Item. July 23, 1955. p. 10. Retrieved June 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  6. ^ "Forrest H. Sprowl". Journal & Courier. October 22, 1988. p. 10. Retrieved June 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
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