Eugene Garbee, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American football and basketball coach, college athletics administrator
Date of Birth: 29-May-1907
Place of Birth: Billings, Missouri, United States
Date of Death: 08-Nov-1996
Profession: basketball coach
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About Eugene Garbee
- Eugene Emmett Garbee (May 29, 1907 – November 8, 1996) was an American football and basketball coach and college administrator.
- He was the third head football coach and the first head basketball coach at Appalachian State Teachers College—now known as Appalachian State University—located in Boone, North Carolina.Garbee was born on May 29, 1907 in Billings, Missouri.
- He graduated from Southwest Missouri State Teacher's College–now known as Missouri State University–in 1931 with a bachelor's degree.
- He later earned a master's degree from George Peabody College—now Peabody College, a division of Vanderbilt University—and a doctorate from New York University.
- He taught health and physical education at Drake University from 1949 to 1952.
- Garbee was president of Upper Iowa University from 1952 to 1970.
- He died on November 8, 1996 in Winslow, Arizona.
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