American football, basketball, and ice hockey coach
Leon Russell Harvey (August 4, 1893 – January 17, 1983) was an American football , basketball and ice hockey coach and educator. He served as the head football coach (1923–1928), head basketball coach (1922–1929), and head ice hockey coach (1924–1926) at Michigan Technological University –then known as the Michigan College of Mines.
Harvey was born in Warren, Massachusetts . He graduated from Springfield College in Springfield, Massachusetts and later earned a master's degree from Boston University . Harvey taught and coached at Montpelier High School in Montpelier, Vermont . He led his basketball team at Montpelier a New England tournament championship in 1940. Harvey later spent 17 years as a teacher and coach at Thayer Academy in Braintree, Massachusetts . A United States Army veteran of World War I , Harvey lived in Marshfield, Massachusetts for 40 years before moving to St. Louis in 1978. He died on January 17, 1983, at his home there.[ 1]
Head coaching record
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College basketball
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College ice hockey
Statistics overview
Season
Team
Overall
Conference
Standing
Postseason
Michigan Mines Independent (1924–1926)
1924–25
Michigan Mines
2–4–0
1925–26
Michigan Mines
2–2–1
Michigan Mines:
4–6–1
Total: 4–6–1
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References
^ "Obituary for Leon R. Harvey" . The Boston Globe Boston, Massachsuetts . January 20, 1983. p. 37. Retrieved June 13, 2023 – via Newspapers.com ^ "NCAA Statistics; Coach; Leon Harvey; Football" . National Collegiate Athletic Association . Retrieved July 20, 2024 .^ "Football Year-By-Year Results" . Michigan Technological University . Retrieved July 20, 2024 .^ "NCAA Statistics; Coach; Leon Harvey; Men's Basketball" . National Collegiate Athletic Association . Retrieved July 20, 2024 .^ "Men's Basketball Year-By-Year Results" . Michigan Technological University . Retrieved July 20, 2024 .^ "Leon Harvey" . collegehockeynews.com. Retrieved April 23, 2019 .^ "NCAA Statistics; Coach; Leon Harvey; Men's Ice Hockey" . National Collegiate Athletic Association . Retrieved July 20, 2024 .^ "Hockey Year-By-Year Results" . Michigan Technological University . Retrieved July 20, 2024 .
