Maurice H. Palrang

(1906-1978) lived at Omaha. Educator, high school athletic coach considered one of most successful coaches nationally for success of his football teams at Boys Town from 1943 to 1971 while competing against teams in 21 states and the District of Columbia, and playing before large crowds at Baltimore, Detroit, Lincoln, Minneapolis, Pittsburgh, Rochester, New York, and Washington, DC; his record in 29 years at Boys Town was 201 wins, 66 losses, and 12 ties; previously he coached at Regis High School in Denver and at Creighton Prep in Omaha as well as Creighton University, was head coach of national championship Omaha McDevitt Junior American Legion baseball team in 1939; recipient of several awards, including Pop Warner Foundation of Philadelphia Award in 1946 and the Rockne Club of Kansas City citation in 1967. Consult Rochester /NY/ Times-Union, November 23, 1954, p. 27 and Sunday /Omaha/ World Herald Magazine of the Midlands, October 31, 1971, pp. 4-5 and Idaho Free Press & News-Tribune, December 20, 1977, p. A-3 and Omaha World Herald obituary, February 6, 1978, p. 50 and Barry Sollenberger's Phoenix /AZ/ Metro Football, Summer 1986, pp. 49-54.

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