Dinny Shay

Dinny Shay
Biographical details
Born(1906-09-07)September 7, 1906
Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.
DiedJuly 21, 1970(1970-07-21) (aged 63)
Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.
Playing career
1927–1929Notre Dame
1932Paterson Night Hawks
PositionDefensive back/Fullback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1930La Salle Academy (MD)
1931Manhattan (assistant)
1932–1935Wethersfield State Prison
1936–1942Bowdoin (assistant)
1946Bowdoin
1947–1950Bowdoin (assistant)
Men's basketball
1941–1942Bowdoin
1945–1947Bowdoin (assistant)
1947–1950Bowdoin
Head coaching record
Overall12–41 (Men's basketball)
2–4 (Football)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1929 college football national champion

George Daniel "Dinny" Shay (September 7, 1906 – July 21, 1970) was an American football player and coach who played for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team and was head coach of the Bowdoin Polar Bears football and basketball teams.

Playing

Shay was born on September 7, 1906 in Hartford, Connecticut.[1] He played football at Hartford Public High School.[2]

Shay was a varsity fullback on the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team from 1927 to 1929.[3] The 1929 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team finished the year was the top-ranked team under the Dickinson System and was selected as that year's national champion by Billingsley Report, Boand System, Dickinson System, Dunkel System, College Football Researchers Association, Helms Athletic Foundation, National Championship Foundation, Poling System, and Jeff Sagarin's ELO-Chess system.[4][5]

Shay was a fair offensive player, but stood out on defense, with Notre Dame's 1929 Official Football Review describing him as "one of the greatest defensive backs of Notre Dame history".[2] He played one season (1932) of professional football with the Paterson Night Hawks of the Eastern Football League.[6]

Coaching

Shay graduated from Notre Dame in 1930 began his coaching career that fall at the La Salle Academy in Cumberland, Maryland. The following season, he was an assistant under former Notre Dame teammate John B. Law at Manhattan College. From 1932 to 1935, he was athletic director of the Hartford park department and coach the football team at Wethersfield State Prison.[1]

In 1936, Shay was hired as an assistant football coach at Bowdoin College.[7] When the school's basketball program was launched in 1941, Shay became the team's head coach.[8]

From 1942 to 1945, Shay served in the United States Navy.[1] On October 6, 1945, he was named head football coach while Adam Walsh was granted a leave of absence to coach the Cleveland Rams of the National Football League.[9] As Shay was still on active duty, Edmund L. Coombs coached Bowdoin's informal 1945 team and Shay took over in 1946.[10] Shay returned to Bowdoin following his discharge in November 1945. He was an assistant to basketball coach Neil Mahoney that winter.[11] Walsh's leave ended in 1947 and Shay returned to his assistant position.[12] Shay resigned from the Bowdoin athletic staff in November 1950.[8]

Later life

Shay left Bowdoin for a position with United Aircraft.[13] He spent 29 years with their Pratt & Whitney division in East Hartford, Connecticut.[14] He coached Pratt & Whitney's football team.[15] Shay died on July 21, 1970.[16]

References

  1. ^ a b c General Catalogue of Bowdoin College and the Medical School of Maine 1794-1950. p. 35. Retrieved April 8, 2026.
  2. ^ a b Official 1929 Football Review University of Notre Dame (PDF). pp. 19, 34. Retrieved April 8, 2026.
  3. ^ 2004 Notre Dame Football Media Guide (PDF). Retrieved April 8, 2026.
  4. ^ "National Trophy to Notre Dame". The Miami Herald. December 2, 1929. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ 2020 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records (PDF). Indianapolis: The National Collegiate Athletic Association. July 2020. pp. 112–114. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 1, 2020. Retrieved January 12, 2021.
  6. ^ "Dinny Shay". Pro Football Archives. Retrieved April 8, 2026.
  7. ^ ""Dinny" Shay To Assist Walsh In Tutoring Gridmen". The Lewiston Daily Sun. April 16, 1936. Retrieved April 8, 2026.
  8. ^ a b "Dinny Shay Resigned As Bowdoin Coach". Lewiston Evening Journal. November 15, 1950. Retrieved April 8, 2026.
  9. ^ "Lt George Shay Takes Over at Bowdoin". The Boston Globe. October 7, 1945.
  10. ^ "Bowdoin And Colby Announce Informal November Grid Series". The Lewiston Daily Sun. October 18, 1945. Retrieved April 8, 2026.
  11. ^ "Dinny Shay Back On Bowdoin Staff". The Lewiston Daily Sun. November 20, 1945. Retrieved April 8, 2026.
  12. ^ "Walsh Back at Bowdoin as Grid Coach". The Boston Globe. January 29, 1947.
  13. ^ "Former Faculty". Bowdoin Alumni Magazine: 44. May 1951. Retrieved April 8, 2026.
  14. ^ "Obituaries: George D. Shay". Hartford Courant. July 22, 1970.
  15. ^ "Local Sport Chatter" (PDF). Manchester Evening Herald. December 29, 1951. Retrieved April 8, 2026.
  16. ^ "On Record" (PDF). Notre Dame Alumnus: 44. October–November 1970. Retrieved April 8, 2026.

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