Sylvester E. Paulus

Sylvester E. Paulus

Paulus, pictured in The Trail, yearbook of Daniel Baker College, 1921
Biographical details
Born	(1899-03-12)March 12, 1899 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died	December 31, 1959(1959-12-31) (aged 60) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Alma mater	Hanover (1920)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1919	Hanover
1920	Daniel Baker
c. 1922	Nogales HS (AZ)
c. 1924–1926	Tucson HS (AZ)
1928–1929	Stout Normal
Basketball
1919–1920	Hanover
1929–1930	Stout Normal
Head coaching record
Overall	2–23–2 (college football) 8–11 (college basketball)

Sylvester Edward Paulus (March 12, 1899 – December 31, 1959) was an American football and basketball coach.

Hanover

Paulus was a 1920 graduate of Hanover College in Hanover, Indiana. He served as the school's head football coach (1919) and head basketball coach (1919–1920).

Daniel Baker and Stout Normal

Paulus served as the head football coach at Daniel Baker College in 1920 and the University of Wisconsin–Stout–then known as Stout Normal Institute–from 1928 to 1929. He also coach Stout's basketball team.

Later life and death

Until about 1945, Paulus operated a hotel in Bar Harbor, Michigan. He subsequently ran a booking agency for speakers at high schools and colleges. Paulus died on December 31, 1959, in Chicago, Illinois.

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Hanover Panthers (Independent) (1919)
1919	Hanover	0–6–1
Hanover:		0–6–1
Daniel Baker Hill Billies (Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1920)
1920	Daniel Baker	0–7
Daniel Baker:		0–7
Stout Normal (Inter-Normal Athletic Conference of Wisconsin) (1928–1929)
1928	Stout Normal	2–5–1	1–4–1	8th
1929	Stout Normal	0–5–1	0–3–1	9th
Stout Normal:		2–10–2	1–7–2
Total:		2–23–2

External links

• Sylvester E. Paulus at Find a Grave