Born October 7, 1878, in Cheyenne, Wyoming was legendary College Football Hall of Fame Coach, Andy Kerr. He attended Dickinson College, where he played baseball and ran track, and later transferred and played college football at the University of Pittsburgh, where he was a two-time All-American. He later served as the head football coach at Stanford University (1922–1923), Washington & Jefferson College (1926–1928), Colgate University (1929–1946), and Lebanon Valley College (1947–1949), compiling a career college football record of 137–71–14. His 1932 Colgate team went a perfect 9–0, was not scored upon, and was named a national champion by Parke H. Davis. Kerr was also the head basketball coach at the University of Pittsburgh for one season (1921–1922) and at Stanford for four seasons (1922–1926), tallying a career college basketball mark of 54–26. Kerr retired from coaching in 1949. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1951. He died in 1969 at the age of 77.
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Andy Kerr
Born October 7, 1878, in Cheyenne, Wyoming was legendary College Football Hall of Fame Coach, Andy Kerr. He attended Dickinson College, where he played baseball and ran track, and later transferred and played college football at the University of Pittsburgh, where he was a two-time All-American. He later served as the head football coach at Stanford University (1922–1923), Washington & Jefferson College (1926–1928), Colgate University (1929–1946), and Lebanon Valley College (1947–1949), compiling a career college football record of 137–71–14. His 1932 Colgate team went a perfect 9–0, was not scored upon, and was named a national champion by Parke H. Davis. Kerr was also the head basketball coach at the University of Pittsburgh for one season (1921–1922) and at Stanford for four seasons (1922–1926), tallying a career college basketball mark of 54–26. Kerr retired from coaching in 1949. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1951. He died in 1969 at the age of 77.
Andy Kerr
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