Joe Justice | |
Birth Date: | 16 November 1916 |
Player Sport1: | Baseball |
Player Years2: | 1940–1941 |
Player Team2: | Sanford Seminoles |
Player Years3: | 1941 |
Player Team3: | Ocala Yearlings |
Player Years4: | 1946 |
Player Team4: | Sanford Seminoles |
Player Years5: | 1947 |
Player Team5: | Orlando Senators |
Player Positions: | Second baseman, pitcher |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1949 |
Coach Team2: | Rollins |
Coach Sport3: | Basketball |
Coach Years4: | 1951–1953 |
Coach Team4: | Rollins |
Coach Sport5: | Baseball |
Coach Years6: | 1947–1971 |
Coach Team6: | Rollins |
Admin Years1: | 1957–1981 |
Admin Team1: | Rollins |
Overall Record: | 17–22 (basketball) 482–287–13 (baseball) |
Joseph Justice Sr. (November 16, 1916 – July 25, 2005)[1] was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach. Justice played on the United States national team at the 1939 Amateur World Series in Havana. He served as the head baseball coach at Rollins from 1947 to 1971, leading the Tars to the 1954 College World Series becoming the smallest school in NCAA history to do so.[2]
Justice also served as the head football coach at Rollins College in 1949.[3]