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Trevor J. Rees

Trevor J. Rees
Sport(s) Football
Biographical details
Born (1913-10-22)October 22, 1913
Dover, Ohio
Died January 2, 1999(1999-01-02) (aged 85)
Naples, Florida
Playing career
1933–1935 Ohio State
Position(s) End
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1936–1940 Shaw HS (OH)
1941 Ohio State (freshmen)
1942 Iowa Pre-Flight (ends)
1945 Ohio State (assistant)
1946–1963 Kent State
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1946–1956 Kent State
Head coaching record
Overall 92–63–5 (college)

Trevor J. Rees (October 22, 1913 – January 2, 1999) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator.

Rees was born on October 22, 1913 in Dover, Ohio. He attended Dover High School, where he succeeded as a multi-sport star athlete, graduating in 1932. He played college football at Ohio State University from 1933 to 1935.

Rees served as the head football coach at Kent State University from 1946 to 1963, compiling a record of 92–63–5. His 92 wins are the most of any head coach in the history of the Kent State Golden Flashes football program. Rees was also the athletic director at Kent State from 1946 to 1956. He entered the United States Navy in 1942 and worked as an ends coach with the Iowa Pre-Flight Seahawks under Bernie Bierman. He also established sports programs at four bases in South America during World War II.

He died on January 2, 1999 at his home in Naples, Florida.


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