{{Short description|American football player and coach (1905–1956)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox college coach | name = John Magnabosco | image = John Magnabosco Ball State.jpg | alt = | caption = Magnabosco picture in ''Orient 1936'', Ball State yearbook | birth_date = 1906 | birth_place = Clinton, Indiana, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date |1956|10|15}} (aged 49) | death_place = Muncie, Indiana, U.S. | alma_mater = | player_years1 = 1927–1929 | player_team1 = Indiana | coach_years1 = 1931–1934 | coach_team1 = Clinton HS (IN) | coach_years2 = 1935–1952 | coach_team2 = Ball State | overall_record = 68–46–14 (college)<br>34–3–3 (high school) | bowl_record = | tournament_record = | championships = 1 IIC (1942) | awards = | coaching_records = }} '''John V. Magnabosco''' (1906 – October 15, 1956) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Ball State Teachers College—now known as Ball State University—from 1935 to 1952, compiling a record of 68–46–14. From 1931 to 1934, he was the head football coach at Clinton High School in Clinton, Indiana, where he won three state championships. Magnabosco died of a heart attack at the Ball State gymnasium on October 15, 1956, in Muncie, Indiana.<ref>''Vidette-Messenger'', Monday, October 15, 1956, Valparaiso, Indiana</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=One-Minute Sport Page |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=RPxXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4PYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1089,1188732 |newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle |agency=Associated Press and United Press International |date=October 15, 1956 |accessdate=October 31, 2011}}</ref>
==Head coaching record== ===High school=== {{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Clinton High School Wildcats | conf = | startyear = 1931 | endyear = 1934 }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1931 | name = Clinton | overall = 9–1–1 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1932 | name = Clinton | overall = 9–1 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1933 | name = Clinton | overall = 9–0–1 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1934 | name = Clinton | overall = 7–1–1 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Clinton | overall = 34–3–3 | confrecord = }} {{CFB Yearly Record End | overall = 34–3–3 | bowls = no | poll = no | polltype = | legend = no }} <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.almanacsports.com/football/schedule.php?team=CLINTON&season=1931|title=AlmanacSports.com - Football - Clinton High School Football 1931 Schedule/Results|website=www.almanacsports.com}}</ref>
===College=== {{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Ball State Cardinals | conf = Indiana Intercollegiate Conference | startyear = 1935 | endyear = 1946 }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1935 | name = Ball State | overall = 3–4–1 | conference = 3–4–1 | confstanding = 8th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1936 | name = Ball State | overall = 3–4–1 | conference = 3–3–1 | confstanding = 8th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1937 | name = Ball State | overall = 5–2–1 | conference = 5–1–1 | confstanding = 4th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1938 | name = Ball State | overall = 6–1–1 | conference = 6–1–1 | confstanding = 3rd | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1939 | name = Ball State | overall = 6–2 | conference = 5–1 | confstanding = 2nd | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1940 | name = Ball State | overall = 3–4–1 | conference = 2–3 | confstanding = T–9th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1941 | name = Ball State | overall = 3–2–2 | conference = 3–1–1 | confstanding = T–3rd | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = conference | year = 1942 | name = Ball State | overall = 6–2 | conference = 5–0 | confstanding = 1st | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1943 | name = No team—World War II | overall = | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1944 | name = Ball State | overall = 2–2 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1945 | name = Ball State | overall = 4–1–1 | conference = 4–1–1 | confstanding = 3rd | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1946 | name = Ball State | overall = 3–4–1 | conference = 3–3 | confstanding = T–7th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Ball State Cardinals | conf = Independent | startyear = 1947 | endyear = 1950 }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1947 | name = Ball State | overall = 5–1–2 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1948 | name = Ball State | overall = 6–2 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1949 | name = Ball State | overall = 8–0 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1950 | name = Ball State | overall = 2–4–1 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Ball State Cardinals | conf = Indiana Collegiate Conference | startyear = 1951 | endyear = 1952 }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1951 | name = Ball State | overall = 0–6–1 | conference = 0–4–1 | confstanding = 6th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1952 | name = Ball State | overall = 3–5–1 | conference = 3–2 | confstanding = T–3rd | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Ball State | overall = 68–46–14 | confrecord = }} {{CFB Yearly Record End | overall = 68–46–14 | bowls = no | poll = no | polltype = | legend = no }}
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