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Weeb Ewbank

Chronology

1907	Born May 6 to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ewbank in Fairview area of Richmond, Indiana
1916	Delivered orders for his father in a horse-drawn wagon
1924	Graduated from Morton High School, Richmond
1928	Graduated from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, where he was quarterback
1929-30	Coached football at Van Wert, Ohio
1930	Named head football coach at McGuffey High School, Oxford
1930	Assists with coaching at Miami University (Ohio)
1942-45	Joins Navy and is assistant coach for Paul Brown at Great Lakes Naval Training Center
1946	Becomes backfield coach at Brown University, where quarterback was Joe Paterno
1949	Joins Paul Brown as assistant coach of the Cleveland Browns
1954	Takes head coaching position with Baltimore Colts
1958	Coaches Baltimore in the first sudden-death overtime game in NFL history
1959	"Weeb Ewbank Day" declared in Richmond, Indiana
1962	Fired by Colts owner Carroll Rosenbloom
1963	Named head coach of New York Jets
1973	Retires from coaching
1974	Inducted into Indiana Football Hall of Fame
1977	Co-authors book Football Greats
1978	Inducted into Professional Football hall of Fame
1998	Dies at age 91 at his Oxford, Ohio home on November 17