Buck Shaw, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Buck Shaw

American football player and coach

Date of Birth: 28-Mar-1899

Place of Birth: Mitchellville, Iowa, United States

Date of Death: 19-Mar-1977

Profession: American football player, American football coach

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Lawrence Timothy "Buck" Shaw (March 28, 1899 – March 19, 1977) was an American football player and coach.
He was the head coach for Santa Clara University, the University of California, Berkeley, the San Francisco 49ers, the United States Air Force Academy, and the Philadelphia Eagles.
He attended the University of Notre Dame, where he became a star player on Knute Rockne's first unbeaten team.
He started his coaching career with one year as head coach at North Carolina State and four years as a line coach at Nevada in Reno. At Santa Clara, he compiled an impressive 47–10–4 (.803) record; his first two teams posted consecutive Sugar Bowl wins over LSU.
After war-time service, his only team at California went 4–5–1 in 1945.
In 1946, Shaw became the San Francisco 49ers' first head coach in the old All-America Football Conference and continued through 1954; they entered the National Football League in from 1950.
After two seasons as the first Air Force Academy varsity head coach (1956–1957), he returned to the NFL in 1958 with Philadelphia.
He stepped down after three seasons, following their win in the championship game over Vince Lombardi's Green Bay Packers.