James A. "Bucky" Freeman was an American football

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 and baseball

Baseball

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 coach in the United States

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.

Football

Freeman was the second head college football

College football

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 coach for the Ithaca

Ithaca College

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 Bombers located in Ithaca, New York

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. He held that position for 13 seasons, from 1931 until 1946, with exception of the years 1944–1945, when the school did not field a team due to World War II

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. His coaching record at Ithaca was 36 wins, 32 losses and 6 ties. As of the conclusion of the 2010 season, this ranks him #4 at Ithaca in total wins and #4 at the school in winning percentage .

Baseball

Freeman was also the baseball coach at Ithaca, from 1931 through the 1965 season. He was only the second coach to hold the position, and included an appearance in the 1962 College World Series

1962 College World Series

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. His teams combined for a career winning percentage of with a record of 281–82–2). As coach he led his teams to four NCAA

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 tournament appearances at a time when all NCAA teams played in the same division.

Freeman later coached at Cornell

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 and was inducted into the American Baseball Coaches Association

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Hall of Fame.