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Clem Parberry
Biographical details
Born(1911-12-30)December 30, 1911
Colorado Springs, Colorado
DiedJuly 11, 1976(1976-07-11) (aged 64)
McCall, Idaho
Alma materPacific University (OR)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1938–1951College of Idaho (3 sports)
1954–1957Idaho (baseball)
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1938–1951College of Idaho
Clem Parberry
Allegiance United States
Service/branch United States Navy
Years of service1942–46, 1951–53
Rank Lieutenant commander
Battles/warsWorld War II, Korean War

Clement Hughes Parberry (December 30, 1911 – July 11, 1976) was an American coach and athletic administrator in Idaho, at the College of Idaho in Caldwell and the University of Idaho in Moscow.[1]

Born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Parberry graduated from Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon.[1][2] After coaching in Gooding, Idaho, he became the athletic director at the College of Idaho in 1938, and its head coach in football, basketball, and baseball.[3]

Parberry served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and the Korean War, rising to the rank of lieutenant commander.[3] After his second tour ended in 1953, he joined the athletic staff at the University of Idaho as head baseball coach and assistant in football and basketball.[3][4] Previously, the head basketball coach at UI also led the baseball program, but increasing overlap between the seasons led to his hiring, taking over from Charles Finley.[3]

Parberry led the Vandal baseball program for four seasons,[5][6] then transferred to the physical education department; and Wayne Anderson succeeded him as head coach.[7] Parberry ran the intramural program and retired from the university in 1975; he and his wife Viola and relocated to McCall, where they had owned and operated summer cabins on Payette Lake for decades. The following summer, Parberry died there of a heart attack at age 64,[1] and is buried at the city cemetery.

A scholarship at the University of Idaho in physical education is awarded in his honor.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Former coach Clem Parberry dies". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). (obituary). July 13, 1976. p. 6A.
  2. ^ "First Team, All-Northwest Conference". Pacific University football. (media guide). 2013. p. 99.
  3. ^ a b c d "Clem Parberry hired as baseball coach at Idaho". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. August 11, 1953. p. 8.
  4. ^ "Clem Parberry new Vandal coach". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. August 11, 1953. p. 12.
  5. ^ "Baseball: 1954 season". Gem of the Mountains, University of Idaho yearbook. 1954. p. 200.
  6. ^ "Baseball: 1957 season". Gem of the Mountains, University of Idaho yearbook. 1957. p. 258.
  7. ^ Derr, Alan (August 20, 1957). "Idaho coaches keep busy at pre-season school". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 8.

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