Roy Tillotson
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Oberlin, Ohio, U.S.
East Chicago, Indiana, U.S.
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 1, 1891 Oberlin, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | August 30, 1962 (aged 71) East Chicago, Indiana, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1912–1914 | Oberlin |
| Position | Tackle |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1916–1919 | Allegheny HS (PA) |
| 1920–1923 | Hiram |
| 1924–1929 | Miami (OH) (assistant) |
| 1930–1948 | Franklin (IN) |
| Basketball | |
| 1920–1924 | Hiram |
| 1924–1930 | Miami (OH) |
| 1932–1947 | Franklin (IN) |
| Baseball | |
| 1921–1924 | Hiram |
| ?–1949 | Franklin (IN) |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| ?–1949 | Franklin (IN) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 53–110–10 (college football) 185–215 (college basketball) 12–25–1 (college baseball, Hiram only) |
Roy Everett Tillotson (April 1, 1891 – August 30, 1962) was an American coach and athletic trainer who coached at Hiram College in Hiram, Ohio, Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, Franklin College in Franklin, Indiana, and the University of Toledo.
Tillotson was born in Oberlin, Ohio, where he graduated from Oberlin High School in 1910 and Oberlin College in 1916. He later earned an M.S. degree at Indiana University in 1938. He also attended University of Illinois, University of Notre Dame and Columbia University.
After teaching physical education and coaching at Allegheny High School in Pittsburgh for four years, he became a coach at Hiram College in 1920. He was head basketball coach at Miami University from 1924 until 1930, when he began a 19-year career at Franklin College. He became equipment manager and trainer at the University of Toledo in 1950, retiring the year before his death.
Tillotson died on August 30, 1962, at St. Catherine Hospital in East Chicago, Indiana, after suffering a heart attack. He and is buried alongside his wife, Mabelle, at Greenlawn Cemetery in Franklin, Indiana.[1]
