Doyt Perry

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Doyt L. Perry (January 6, 1910 – February 10, 1992) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. Born in Croton, Ohio, he played at Bowling Green from 1929 to 1931. He coached at Upper Arlington High School in Ohio in the 1940s, then served as Ohio State's backfield coach from 1951 to 1954, helping the Buckeyes win the 1955 Rose Bowl and claim a national championship. Perry was head coach at Bowling Green State University from 1955 to 1964, compiling 77–11–5 and leading the team to five MAC titles (1956, 1959, 1961–62, 1964) and the 1959 small-college national championship. He then served as Bowling Green's athletic director from 1965 to 1970, resigning in 1971 to take a two-year post at Florida International University before retiring. Bowling Green's football stadium, Doyt Perry Stadium, is named in his honor. Perry was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1988. He died in Bowling Green, Ohio, at age 82.