Background
Zeigler, Earle Frederick was born on August 20, 1919 in New York City. Son of Clarence Mattison and Margery Christina (Beyerkohler) Shinkle.
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- Administration of Physical Education and Athletics.
- History of Physical Education and Sport by Earle F. Zeigler (1988-04-02)
- History and Status of American Physical Education And Educational Sport (In History and Status of American Physical Education and ...)
- History of Physical Education and Sport
- History of Sport and Physical Education to 1900 (Book by Zeigler, Earle F.)
- Administrative theory and practice in physical education and athletics (Behavioral Science, Social Science, Physical Education)
- Philosophical foundations for physical, health and recreation education
- Issues in North American sport and physical education (AAHPER leaders speak series)
- Decision Making in Physical Education and Athletic Administration
- Decision Making in Physical Education and Athletics Administration: A Case Method Approach
Earle Frederick Zeigler
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Education
AB, Bates College, 1940; AM, Yale University, 1944; Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1951; Doctor of Laws, U. Windsor, 1975; Doctor of Science, U. Lethbridge, Alta, Canada, 1997.
Career
In 2015 he has been active in the field for 75 years. After High School he received a Bachelor (German major) from the Bates College in Lewiston, Maine. From 1941-1943 he worked as swim coach and director of watersports for the Young Men’s Christian Association in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
He taught Theory of Physical Education, Football and Wrestling as well as German at the University of Connecticut.
In 1949 he moved to the University of Western Ontario, in London, Ontario. where he taught German and from 1950 onward he was the Director of Physical Education also instructing Football, Wrestling and Swimming. From here he moved on to the University of Michigan (1956 – 1963), and the University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois (1963 – 1971) where he was the Head of the Physical Education department.
In 1971 he became the founding Dean of the Faculty of Physical Education of the University of Western Ontario (until 1989). Since his retirement he has continued to lecture and publish.
The WorldCat has 269 books of him and he has authored almost five hundred learned articles
In the more recent one he is criticizing physical education for losing focus and not using its full potential to help with the divers illnesses of modern civilization. In his retirement he lived in British Columbia. 1955 – 1956 Vice-President, Canadian Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation.
Achievements
Works
book
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History and Status of American Physical Education And Educational Sport
(In History and Status of American Physical Education and ...)
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Administrative theory and practice in physical education and athletics
(Behavioral Science, Social Science, Physical Education)
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History of Sport and Physical Education to 1900
(Book by Zeigler, Earle F.)
- Administration of Physical Education and Athletics.
- History of Physical Education and Sport by Earle F. Zeigler (1988-04-02)
- History of Physical Education and Sport
- Philosophical foundations for physical, health and recreation education
- Issues in North American sport and physical education (AAHPER leaders speak series)
- Decision Making in Physical Education and Athletic Administration
- Decision Making in Physical Education and Athletics Administration: A Case Method Approach
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History and Status of American Physical Education And Educational Sport
Membership
Fellow American Academy Kinesiology and Physical Education (president 1981-1982, Hetherington award 1989). Member AAHPERD (Alliance scholar 1977-1978, Distinguished Svc. award 1979, Honor award 1981, Gulick award 1990), Philosophy Education Society, International Association Professional Schools Physical Education, Canada Association Health, Physical Edition and Recreation (vice president 1955-1956, vice president 1983-1985, honour award 1975,special presentation citation 1986), American Philosophical Association, National Association Physical Education in Higher Education, North America Society Sport History (life), Philosophic Society for Study of Sport (president 1974-1975), North America Society for Sport Management (founding member, honorary past president 1986-1987), Canadian Professional Schools Conference (president 1953-1955), Ontario Recreation Association (Vice-President and director 1955-1956), Society Municipal Recreation Dirs. Ontario (Honor award 1956), Phi Epsilon Kappa (life).
Connections
Married Bertha M. Bell, June 25, 1941. Children— Donald H., Barbara A. Married Anne K. Rogers, February 7, 1999.
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Nationality
Canadian
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Recipient Outstanding Teacher award University Western Ontario, 1987, Distinguished Svc. award International Society Comparative Physical Edition and Sport, 1988. Inducted into University Western Ontario's Wall of Wrestling Fame, 1991, University Western Ontario's W Club Hall of Fame, 1995. Named first Human Movement Sciences and Education scholar U. Memphis, 1994.Recipient Outstanding Teacher award University Western Ontario, 1987, Distinguished Svc. award International Society Comparative Physical Edition and Sport, 1988. Inducted into University Western Ontario's Wall of Wrestling Fame, 1991, University Western Ontario's W Club Hall of Fame, 1995. Named first Human Movement Sciences and Education scholar U. Memphis, 1994.