Wesleyan." In 1959, Daniels traveled with the baseball team on preseason trip to the South. When Daniels was told that a black player, Lenny Moore, could not stay at a hotel in Georgia, Daniels took the team from the hotel. In Florida, an opposing school refused to play Wesleyan unless Moore was removed from the lineup; Daniels pulled his team from the field. Later years and honors Daniels retired after the baseball season in 1973. He was named to the American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 1974. Daniels remained active in his later years, serving on the Middletown City Council in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He also drove a van for Kuhn Employment Opportunities, an organization that assists people with disabilities to secure employment. On April 5, 2007, Daniels celebrated his 100th birthday with a party in the lobby of Wesleyan's Freeman Athletic Center. In 2008, Daniels became one of the inaugural inductees into the Wesleyan University Athletics Hall of Fame. In May 2009, Daniels died at age 102 at the Kimberly Hall nursing home in Windsor, Connecticut. He was survived by a daughter, Diana Mahoney, a son, David, 10 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren. A memorial service was held for Daniels at the South Congregational Church in Middletown, Connecticut, followed by a reception in the Coach Norm Daniels Lobby in the Freeman Athletic Center at Wesleyan. Head coaching record Football References 1907 births 2009 deaths American football ends American football halfbacks American men's basketball players American centenarians Men centenarians Basketball coaches from Michigan Basketball players from Michigan Michigan Wolverines baseball players Michigan Wolverines football players Michigan Wolverines men's basketball players Wesleyan Cardinals baseball coaches Wesleyan Cardinals football coaches Wesleyan Cardinals men's basketball coaches Wesleyan University faculty Players of American football from Detroit Sportspeople from Middletown, Connecticut People from Hillsdale, Michigan