# Quentin Greenough

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{{Short description|American football player (1919–2005)}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Quentin Greenough
| birth_date = {{birth date|1919|01|13}}
| birth_place = [Porterville, California](/source/Porterville%2C_California), U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|2005|08|01|1919|01|13}}
| death_place = [Corvallis, Oregon](/source/Corvallis%2C_Oregon), U.S.
| alma_mater = [Oregon State](/source/Oregon_State_University)
| player_years1 = 1940–41
| player_team1 = [Oregon State](/source/Oregon_State_Beavers_football)
| player_positions = [Center](/source/Center_(American_football))
| coach_years1 = 1946–1948
| coach_team1 = Oregon State (assistant)
| awards = {{ubl|[Oregon Sports Hall of Fame](/source/Oregon_Sports_Hall_of_Fame) (1981)
*Oregon State University Hall of Fame (1991)
}}
| module      ={{Infobox military person
  |embed      = yes
  |allegiance = United States
  |branch     = [US Coast Guard](/source/United_States_Coast_Guard)
  |spouse     = Rae Ardis DeMoss
  |other_work = Coach, business owner
}}
}}
'''Quentin Carl Greenough''' (January 13, 1919 – August 1, 2005) was an American [football](/source/American_football) player.

==Football career==
Greenough was born in [Porterville, California](/source/Porterville%2C_California) and later moved to [San Gabriel, California](/source/San_Gabriel%2C_California). He attended [Alhambra High School](/source/Alhambra_High_School_(Alhambra%2C_California)), then enrolled at Oregon State College (later [Oregon State University](/source/Oregon_State_University)) where he became the [starting](/source/starting_lineup) [center](/source/center_(American_football)).<ref name=gazette>{{cite web|url=http://www.gazettetimes.com/articles/2005/08/06/news/obituaries/satobi02.txt|title=Obituary: Quentin Greenough|work=[Corvallis Gazette-Times](/source/Corvallis_Gazette-Times)|date=October 20, 2004|access-date=November 7, 2007}}</ref> In the 1941 season, he was credited with leading Oregon State's 10&ndash;0 defensive effort against [Stanford](/source/1941_Stanford_Indians_football_team), which behind its new [T-formation](/source/T-formation) had not lost a game since 1939.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=64wRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Z-gDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5041,5215555&dq=stanford+football&hl=en Clark Shaughnessy Says Best Team Won], ''Eugene Register-Guard'', October 12, 1941.</ref> Greenough was chosen as an [All-American](/source/All-American), helping the Beavers to a [Pacific Coast Conference](/source/Pacific_Coast_Conference) championship and berth in the [1942 Rose Bowl](/source/1942_Rose_Bowl).<ref name="mediaguide">{{cite web| title =Oregon State Football All-Americans |work =Oregon State Football Media Guide| year =2007| url =http://www.osubeavers.com/pdf4/79997.pdf?ATCLID=153842&SPID=1952&DB_OEM_ID=4700&SPSID=27968| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20160303231551/http://www.osubeavers.com/pdf4/79997.pdf?ATCLID=153842&SPID=1952&DB_OEM_ID=4700&SPSID=27968| url-status =dead| archive-date =March 3, 2016| page =191| access-date = November 8, 2007|publisher=OSUBeavers.com }} </ref> With Greenough anchoring the offensive line, the [underdog](/source/underdog_(competition)) Beavers won their first (and so far, only) Rose Bowl, upsetting [Duke](/source/Duke_Blue_Devils) 20–16.<ref name=osuhof>{{cite web|url=http://www.osubeavers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=4700&KEY=&ATCLID=188614|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151120004509/http://www.osubeavers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=4700&KEY=&ATCLID=188614|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 20, 2015|title=Oregon State University Sports Hall of Fame|publisher=Oregon State Sports Information|access-date=November 8, 2007}} </ref>

He later played in the 1944 [East-West Shrine Game](/source/East-West_Shrine_Game), and after his college career, served in the [United States Coast Guard](/source/United_States_Coast_Guard) and played on the Coast Guard's football team.<ref name=gazette/>

==After football==
When his playing career ended, Greenough became an assistant football coach under Beavers head coach [Lon Stiner](/source/Lon_Stiner). He married Rae Ardis DeMoss, becoming the brother-in-law of his Rose Bowl teammate [Don Durdan](/source/Don_Durdan), who was married to another DeMoss sister. (Another sister was Oregon golf champion [Grace DeMoss](/source/Grace_DeMoss).) Greenough later set up his own [general contractor](/source/general_contractor) business in [Corvallis, Oregon](/source/Corvallis%2C_Oregon).<ref name=gazette/>

Greenough was named to the [Oregon Sports Hall of Fame](/source/Oregon_Sports_Hall_of_Fame) in 1981<ref name=oshof>{{cite web|url=http://www.oregonsportshall.org/inductee-members.html |publisher=Oregon Sports Hall of Fame |title=Hall of Fame Roll of Honor Members |access-date=February 10, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727152755/http://www.oregonsportshall.org/inductee-members.html |archive-date=July 27, 2011 }}</ref> and the Oregon State University Hall of Fame in 1991.<ref name=osuhof/> He died in Corvallis in 2005.<ref name=gazette/>

==References==
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Category:American football centers
Category:Alameda Coast Guard Sea Lions football players
Category:Oregon State Beavers football coaches
Category:Oregon State Beavers football players
Category:Sportspeople from Alhambra, California
Category:Players of American football from Los Angeles County, California
Category:Players of American football from Tulare County, California
Category:Sportspeople from San Gabriel, California
Category:Sportspeople from Porterville, California
Category:Coaches of American football from California
Category:United States Coast Guard personnel of World War II
Category:20th-century American sportsmen

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