Gordie Gillespie was an American baseball, football and basketball coach.
20 Facts About Gordie Gillespie
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Gordie Gillespie was a head baseball coach for 58 years at Lewis University, Ripon College, and the University of St Francis.
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Gordie Gillespie had held that record since 1993 when he passed the prior record set by USC's Rod Dedeaux.
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Gordie Gillespie won his 1,800th game in April 2009 at age 82.
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Gordie Gillespie was inducted into the College Baseball Hall of Fame in 2009.
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Gordie Gillespie graduated from Kelvyn Park High School in Chicago, Illinois, and enrolled at DePaul University.
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Gordie Gillespie played basketball at DePaul under coach Ray Meyer and toured with the College All-Stars when they played the Harlem Globetrotters.
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At age 26, Gordie Gillespie began his head coaching career at Lewis University in 1953.
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Gordie Gillespie was the head coach at Lewis from 1953 to 1976 and compiled a record there of 634 wins and 241 losses.
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Gordie Gillespie coached the Lewis Flyers basketball team from 1950 to 1965.
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Gordie Gillespie was the head baseball coach at Ripon College in Wisconsin for 10 years from 1996 to 2005.
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Gordie Gillespie served as the baseball coach at St Francis from 1977 to 1995 and again from 2006 to 2010.
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Gordie Gillespie's team finished in 5th place in 1978,3rd place in 1985,2nd place in 1989,3rd place in 1990 and 5th place in 1995.
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Gordie Gillespie served as the head coach of the women's basketball team at St Francis from 1976 to 1993.
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Gordie Gillespie has had a successful career as a football coach.
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Gordie Gillespie was the head football coach at Joliet Catholic High School for 27 years and compiled a record there of 222 wins 54 losses and 6 ties.
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In 1991, Gordie Gillespie was selected by the Chicago Tribune as the head coach of the newspaper's All-Time Illinois High School Football Team.
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Gordie Gillespie started the football program at St Francis University in 1986.
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In 1998, Gordie Gillespie was named the NAIA "Coach of the Century" by Collegiate Baseball Magazine.
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Gordie Gillespie passed the St Francis coaching reins to his assistant coach, Brian Michalak, for 2012.