Walter Driskill

Walter Driskill
Career information
No. None
Date of birth	(1913-09-20)September 20, 1913
Date of death	July 25, 1998(1998-07-25) (aged 84)
Place of death	Delray Beach, California
College	Colorado
Career history
As coach
1949	Baltimore Colts
As athletic director
1947–1948	Maryland
Career stats
Coaching stats at Pro Football Reference

Walter Scott Driskill (September 20, 1913 – July 25, 1998) was a professional football coach for the Baltimore Colts of the All-America Football Conference in 1949. He was also the creator and owner of Dribeck Importers Inc., the North American importer of Beck's beer.

Driskill earned his bachelor's in history from the University of Colorado in 1936 and his master's in history in 1940. He also played football for the school from 1931 until 1935, where he lettered three times as a tackle and was a teammate of Byron "Whizzer" White.

In 2009, Driskill's estate donated $750,000 to the University of Colorado's history department.^[1]

References

↑ "CU history department to get boost from German beer importer". dailycamera.com.

Maryland Terrapins athletic directors

Charles S. Richardson (1890s)
H. A. Harrison (1899–1900s)
Curley Byrd (1915–1935)
L. B. Broughton (1936)
Geary Eppley (1937–1947)
Walter Driskill (1947–1948)
Jim Tatum (1948–1956)
William W. Cobey (1956–1969)
Jim Kehoe (1969–1978)
Carl C. James (1978–1980)
Jim Kehoe (1980–1981)
Dick Dull (1981–1986)
Lew Perkins (1987–1990)
Sue Tyler (1990)
Andy Geiger (1990–1994)
Bud Thomas (1994)
Debbie Yow (1994–2010)
Randy Eaton (2010)
Kevin Anderson (2010– )

Baltimore Colts (1947–50) head coaches

Cecil Isbell (1947–1949) Walter Driskill (1949) Clem Crowe (1950)

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