When Washington athletic director Ray Eckmann removed Phelan after the 1941 season,[2][3][4] he selected Welch to replace him. Popular with the players, Welch wielded a reputation as a great scout of talent. Eckmann retained Welch on a year-to-year basis with an initial $9,000 per season salary, matching Phelan's final salary.[5]
ralph, welch, ralph, pest, welch, january, 1907, september, 1974, american, football, player, coach, served, head, coach, university, washington, from, 1942, 1947, compiling, record, welch, 1943, washington, squad, rose, bowl, where, they, lost, played, colleg. W Ralph Pest Welch January 13 1907 September 15 1974 was an American football player and coach He served as the head coach at the University of Washington from 1942 to 1947 compiling a record of 27 20 3 Welch led his 1943 Washington squad to the Rose Bowl where they lost to USC 29 0 1 He played college football at Purdue University as a halfback under head coach James Phelan whom he followed to Washington as an assistant in 1930 Ralph WelchWelch from 1947 Tyee yearbookBiographical detailsBorn 1907 01 13 January 13 1907Collinsville Texas U S DiedSeptember 15 1974 1974 09 15 aged 67 Seattle Washington U S Playing career1927 1929PurduePosition s HalfbackCoaching career HC unless noted 1930 1937Washington assistant 1939 1941Washington assistant 1942 1947WashingtonHead coaching recordOverall27 20 3Bowls0 1Accomplishments and honorsAwardsConsensus All American 1929 When Washington athletic director Ray Eckmann removed Phelan after the 1941 season 2 3 4 he selected Welch to replace him Popular with the players Welch wielded a reputation as a great scout of talent Eckmann retained Welch on a year to year basis with an initial 9 000 per season salary matching Phelan s final salary 5 Welch died on September 15 1974 at University Hospital in Seattle Washington 6 Head coaching record editYear Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl playoffs AP Washington Huskies Pacific Coast Conference 1942 1947 1942 Washington 4 3 3 3 3 2 6th1943 Washington 4 1 0 1 3rd L Rose 121944 Washington 5 3 1 1 2nd1945 Washington 6 3 6 3 3rd1946 Washington 5 4 5 3 4th1947 Washington 3 6 2 5 T 7thWashington 27 20 3 17 16 2Total 27 20 3 Rankings from final AP Poll References edit W Ralph Pest Welch Records by Year College Football Data Warehouse Archived from the original on February 15 2010 Retrieved December 1 2007 Jimmy Phelan and two aides get gate at Washington U Spokane Daily Chronicle Washington Associated Press December 13 1941 p 9 Washington coaching staff is out Spokesman Review Spokane Washington Associated Press December 14 1941 p 1 sports Phelan fired after dozen years at job Eugene Register Guard Oregon Associated Press December 14 1941 p 18 David Eskenazi Wayback Machine James Merlin Phelan Sportspress Northwest Sportspressnw com Retrieved November 2 2016 Huskies Welch dies The Arizona Republic Phoenix Arizona United Press International September 17 1974 p 15 Retrieved January 28 2020 via Newspapers com nbsp nbsp This biographical article relating to a college football coach first appointed in the 1940s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ralph Welch amp oldid 1206094933, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
