Rolla Anderson

Rolla Leonard Anderson (August 1, 1920 – April 25, 2018) was an American football and basketball coach. He served as the head football at Kalamazoo College in Kalamazoo, Michigan for 14 seasons, from 1953 to 1966, compiling a record of 56–56–1. Anderson was also the head basketball coach at Kalamazoo for two seasons, from 1953 to 1955, tallying a mark of 12–25.

Life and career
A native of Mount Vernon, Illinois, Anderson played football and basketball at Southeast Missouri State Teachers College, now Southeast Missouri State University, and at Western Michigan College, now Western Michigan University, graduating from the latter in 1944. Anderson married Patricia Jean Anderson (November 18, 1922 – March 15, 2010) on December 23, 1944 in Washington, D.C. He died in April 2018 at the age of 97.