Tony Sharpe

William Dayton Sharpe

• School Indiana Central College

• Born ~1917

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Biographical Information

3rd Baseman Tony Sharpe played for the Crookston Pirates in 1941. He also is reported to have spent a year with the Muskogee Reds [1], although baseballreference.com does not show this. He served three years in the Navy as a lieutenant.

Sharpe coached at Winchester High School in 1946. He was then baseball coach at the University of Nebraska from 1947 to 1977, compiling a 400-387-3 record.

Year-by-Year Coaching Record

Year	School	Overall Record	Conference Record	Notes
1947	University of Nebraska	6-10	6-7
1948	University of Nebraska	17-7	14-3	CWS District Tournaments
1949	University of Nebraska	9-13	7-10
1950	University of Nebraska	16-8	11-3	CWS District Tournaments
1951	University of Nebraska	10-5	5-4
1952	University of Nebraska	13-7	8-5
1953	University of Nebraska	13-5-1	10-3
1954	University of Nebraska	10-10	4-8
1955	University of Nebraska	15-5	10-4
1956	University of Nebraska	12-8	8-4
1957	University of Nebraska	12-10	8-9
1958	University of Nebraska	17-10	12-9
1959	University of Nebraska	15-8	11-4
1960	University of Nebraska	10-13	6-11
1961	University of Nebraska	9-14	7-11
1962	University of Nebraska	15-11	10-10
1963	University of Nebraska	8-18	5-15
1964	University of Nebraska	9-18	7-14
1965	University of Nebraska	12-8	12-6
1966	University of Nebraska	16-9	12-8
1967	University of Nebraska	8-16	7-11
1968	University of Nebraska	10-15-1	7-13
1969	University of Nebraska	9-15	4-12
1970	University of Nebraska	15-11	11-8
1971	University of Nebraska	10-20	7-13
1972	University of Nebraska	12-17	8-11
1973	University of Nebraska	15-14-1	7-11
1974	University of Nebraska	13-27	4-16
1975	University of Nebraska	13-20	7-8
1976	University of Nebraska	21-24-1	4-4	Big Eight
1977	University of Nebraska	29-13	5-7