Pappy Waldorf

College coach infobox
Name = Pappy Waldorf

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Caption = Bronze Statue at UC Berkeley
DateOfBirth = birth date|1902|10|3|mf=y
Birthplace = Clifton Springs, New York
DateOfDeath = August 15, 1981
Sport = Football
College =
Title =
CurrentRecord =
OverallRecord = 157-89-19
Awards = College football COY (1935) [http://www.afca.com/lev3.cfm/387]
Championships = Missouri Valley Conference ("1930", "1932", "1933")
Big Six Conference ("1934")
Big Ten Conference ("1936")
Pacific Coast Conference ("1949", "1950", "1951")
CFbDWID = 2414
Player = Trigger
Years = 1922-1924
Team = Syracuse University
Position = Tackle
Coach = Trigger
CoachYears = 1947-1956
1935-1946
1934
1929-1933
CoachTeams = University of California
Northwestern University
Kansas State University
Oklahoma A&M University
FootballHOF = 1966

Lynn O. Waldorf (October 3, 1902 — August 15, 1981), better known as "Pappy" Waldorf, was a Hall of Fame college football coach.

Waldorf, son of Methodist bishop Ernest Lynn Waldorf, was born in Clifton Springs, New York. [ [http://www.collegefootball.org/famersearch.php?id=30064 Collegefootball.org profile - Retrieved March 4, 2008] ]

Waldorf began his major college career as head football coach at Oklahoma A&M from 1929 to 1933. In his five seasons at Oklahoma A&M Waldorf went 34-10-7, won three Missouri Valley Conference championships, and never lost to arch-rival Oklahoma. In 1932, Waldorf was also promoted to Director of Athletics at the school. Nevertheless, in 1934, Waldorf was coaxed north to Kansas State, to replace Bo McMillin as football coach. Although Waldorf only coached K-State for one season, 1934, it was a remarkable year, as Kansas State captured the Big Six Conference championship – the first Big Six title in football for the school.

In 1935, Waldorf moved again, to Northwestern University, where he would remain head coach until 1946. In his very first season at Northwestern, he was named college football's first national coach of the year. In his second season, he took Northwestern to the Big Ten Conference crown. His 12-year mark at Northwestern was 49-45-7. While at Northwestern, Waldorf also convinced future legend Otto Graham to try out for football. [http://espn.go.com/classic/biography/s/graham_otto.html]

As head football coach at University of California from 1947-1956, Pappy revived the program and established a 67-32-4 record. His teams were undefeated for three seasons, 1949-1951, winning three Pacific Coast Conference titles, and qualifying for three consecutive Rose Bowls. Waldorf also posted a 7-1-2 record against rival Stanford University. After retiring from Cal in 1956, he joined the San Francisco 49ers as head of personnel and scouting, remaining with the team until 1972.

Waldorf was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1966.

As a collegiate athlete, Waldorf played tackle for Syracuse University from 1922 to 1924.

Head coaching record

CFB Yearly Record Subhead
name = Oklahoma A&M Cowboys
startyear = 1929
conf = Missouri Valley Conference
endyear = 1933CFB Yearly Record Entry
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name = Oklahoma A&M
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confstanding = 3rd
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endyear = 1934CFB Yearly Record Entry
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year = 1934
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overall = 7-2-1
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overall = 7-2-1
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name = Northwestern Wildcats
startyear = 1935
conf = Big Ten Conference
endyear = 1946CFB Yearly Record Entry
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endyear = 1956CFB Yearly Record Entry
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year = 1950
name = California
overall = 9-1-1
conference = 5-0-1
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bowlname = Rose Bowl
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ranking2 = 5CFB Yearly Record Entry
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year = 1951
name = California
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ranking = 12
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confstanding = 4th
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confstanding = 8th
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name = California
overall = 67-32-4
confrecord = 40-21-4CFB Yearly Record End
overall = 157-89-19 (.628)
bcs =
poll = two
polltype =

References

External links

* [http://www.collegefootball.org/famersearch.php?id=30064 Hall of Fame biography]

Persondata
NAME=Waldorf, Lynn O.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Waldorf, Pappy
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Football player & coach
DATE OF BIRTH=October 3, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH=
DATE OF DEATH=August 15, 1981
PLACE OF DEATH=