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COLUMBUS, Ohio - Charles "Shifty" Bolen, who coached both men's basketball and baseball at Wilmington College from 1923-29, is being inducted into The Ohio State University's Athletics Hall of Fame this fall.
As football coach, Bolen led the Fightin' Quakers to a 30-24-1 record over seven seasons that included two six-win campaigns (1925 & 1928), marking only the third and fourth times WC had won over five games in program history. As men's basketball coach, Bolen guided Wilmington to seven consecutive winning seasons that saw the Quakers cross the double-digit win plateau each season. In his first season, WC finished with an 18-5 record, setting a program-best mark for wins in a season that would last for 35 years.
Bolen was a three-year letterman on three of Ohio State's outstanding early-1900s football teams. Ohio State went 20-1-2 between 1915-17 and won consecutive Big Ten Conference championships in 1916 and 1917. The Buckeyes were 5-1-1 in 1915, 7-0 in 1916 and 8-0-1 in 1917 and had a 17-game winning streak at one point, along with a 19-game unbeaten streak. An end on teams that featured Chic Harley, Bolen was a consensus All-American in 1917 and a First Team All-Big Ten Conference performer.
He also played basketball for the Buckeyes and lettered for three seasons (1916-18). He was team captain in 1917-18 and was a two-year starter.
