American football, basketball and baseball player and coach
Joseph Truskowski
Truskowski, captain of 1929 Michigan football team
Biographical details
Born
c. 1906 Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Died
July 1959 Lion's Head, Ontario, Canada
Playing career
Football
1926
Michigan
1928–1929
Michigan
Basketball
1926–1927
Michigan
1928–1930
Michigan
Position(s)
End (football) Forward (basketball)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1930–1931
Olivet
1932–?
Iowa State (assistant)
1937–?
Wayne State (MI) (assistant)
Baseball
1936–1937
Iowa State
1941
Wayne State (MI)
1946–1959
Wayne State (MI)
Head coaching record
Overall
8–7–1 (football) 115–133–1 (baseball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Baseball 1 PAC (1959)
Awards
Second-team All-Big Ten (1929)
Joseph E. "Truck" Truskowski (c. 1906 – July 1959) was an American football, basketball and baseball player and coach. He played college football, basketball and baseball at the University of Michigan. He later served as the head baseball coach at Iowa State from 1936 to 1937 and at Wayne State in 1941 and from 1946 to 1959.
Joseph E. "Truck" Truskowski (c. 1906 – July 1959) was an American football, basketball and baseball player and coach. He played college football, basketball...
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assistant coaches, JosephTruskowski and Ox Emerson, were lost to military service for the 1942 season. In the absence of Truskowski and Emerson, two Wayne...
nationally in the final rankings under the Dickinson System. End JosephTruskowski was the team captain, and quarterback James Simrall was selected as...
poet George S. Sexton, president of Centenary College of Louisiana JosephTruskowski, college athlete and head baseball coach at Iowa State and Wayne State...
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Johnson (1922–1923) Joe Shafer (1924–1925) Elvin J. Cassell (1926–1929) JosephTruskowski (1930–1931) No team (1932–1934) Marshall Oliphant (1935) William Hemingway...
(1923–1928) C. Noel Workman (1929–1930) Louis E. Menze (1931–1935) JosephTruskowski (1936–1937) Cap Timm (1938–1942) Clay Sutherland (1943–1946) Cap Timm...
Johnson (1922–1923) Joe Shafer (1924–1925) Elvin J. Cassell (1926–1929) JosephTruskowski (1930–1931) No team (1932–1934) Marshall Oliphant (1935) William Hemingway...
Johnson (1922–1923) Joe Shafer (1924–1925) Elvin J. Cassell (1926–1929) JosephTruskowski (1930–1931) No team (1932–1934) Marshall Oliphant (1935) William Hemingway...
(1923–1928) C. Noel Workman (1929–1930) Louis E. Menze (1931–1935) JosephTruskowski (1936–1937) Cap Timm (1938–1942) Clay Sutherland (1943–1946) Cap Timm...
Morton Award in 1937; head football coach at Eastern Michigan, 1952–64 JosephTruskowski 1926 1929 End Later football coach at Olivet College and head baseball...
Johnson (1922–1923) Joe Shafer (1924–1925) Elvin J. Cassell (1926–1929) JosephTruskowski (1930–1931) No team (1932–1934) Marshall Oliphant (1935) William Hemingway...
Morton Award in 1937; head football coach at Eastern Michigan, 1952–64 JosephTruskowski 1926 1929 End Later football coach at Olivet College and head baseball...
Johnson (1922–1923) Joe Shafer (1924–1925) Elvin J. Cassell (1926–1929) JosephTruskowski (1930–1931) No team (1932–1934) Marshall Oliphant (1935) William Hemingway...
coach was Joe Gembis in his tenth season. His assistant coaches were JosephTruskowski and Ox Emerson. Prior to the season, Wayne conducted its preseason...
10 Minutes of Play". Chicago Daily Tribune. November 14, 1909. p. C1. "Joseph Magidsohn profile". Jews in Sports. Retrieved November 10, 2009. "Pennsy...
Johnson (1922–1923) Joe Shafer (1924–1925) Elvin J. Cassell (1926–1929) JosephTruskowski (1930–1931) No team (1932–1934) Marshall Oliphant (1935) William Hemingway...
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