George McLaren

College coach infobox
Name = George “Tank” McLaren


DateOfBirth = August 29, 1896
Birthplace =
DateOfDeath = November 13, 1967
Sport = Football
College =
Title = Head coach
CurrentRecord =
OverallRecord = 32-55-8
Awards =
Championships =
CFbDWID = 1562
Player = Y
Years = 1915-1918
Team = Pittsburgh
Position = Fullback
Coach = Y
CoachYears = 1919
1920-21
1922-26
1927-29
CoachTeams = Emporia State
Arkansas
Cincinnati
Wyoming
FootballHOF =1965
CollegeHOFID = 10063

George W. "Tank" McLaren (August 29, 1896 - November 13, 1967) was a All-American football player in 1917 and 1918 at the University of Pittsburgh under legendary football coach Pop Warner. During his career he was never stopped for a loss on a running play. He was also a college football coach from 1919 to 1929 at several schools including the Arkansas.

Early life

McLaren grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvanian where attended and graduated from Peabody High School. He played football at Peabody as well as was completing on several other athletic teams including track, basketball and swimming teams.Citation|title = GET McLAREN AS COACH.; Panthers' Great Full Back Engaged by Kansas State.| newspaper = New York Times Section: Sports | pages =16 | year = 1919| date = May 2, 1919| url = http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9B07EFDB1E3BEE3ABC4A53DFB3668382609EDE ]

University of Pittsburgh

McLaren attended the University of Pittsburgh where he was considered one of the greatest all around athlete that Pitt ever produced. In addition to being a football All-American, he was also a two-year member of the basketball and track teams.cite web | url= http://pittsburghpanthers.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/052306aaa.html | title= Pitt Football's All-Time First Team All-Americans| publisher= University of Pittsburgh Athletic Department | accessdate= 2008-07-20] McLaren played four varsity seasons as fullback at Pittsburgh from 1915-1918. While playing for the Panthers he only lost one game while winning thirty decisions. He was a member of the 1916 national titles under Coach Glenn "Pop" Warner. That year the Panthers beat several national powers while not giving up a single point. During the next two seasons McLaren won All-America honors. In 1917 season, McLaren helped the Panthers to a 10-0-0 record. That season he established single season school records when he scored 13 touchdowns and rushed for 782 yards including a then record 91-yard Touchdown against Syracuse University. In 1918, his senior season, he served as Captain of the Panther football team and was also president of his senior class.cite web | url= http://www.collegefootball.org/famersearch.php?id=10063| title= Hall of Famers: George "Tank" McLaren | publisher= National Football Foundation’s College Football Hall of Fame | accessdate= 2008-07-20] He still ranks among the University of Pittsburgh all-time leaders in both scoring (183 points) and rushing (1,920 yards). One of McLaren's most noted achievements was that he was never stopped for a loss on a running play.

College coach

McLaren was a college football coach from 1919 to 1929. In 1919 McLaren was named as head football coach at Emporia State University, then know as Kansas State Normal College, in Emporia, Kansas. He got the position based on a recommended by Pop Warner. He became 11th head football coach for Emporia State and held that position for just the 1919 season. His overall coaching record at ESU was 1 wins, 5 losses, and 2 ties. This ranks him 20th at ESU in terms of total wins and 19th at ESU in terms of winning percentage. [cite web | url= http://www.emporia.edu/athletics/football/07ESUFBmediaguide.pdf | title= 2007 Emporia State University Hornets Football Media Guide| publisher= www.emporia.edu| accessdate= 2008-05-22] He next served as the head football coach at Arkansas, where he compiled an 8-5-3 record.cite web | url= http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_year_by_year.php?coachid=1562 | title= George W. McLaren| publisher= College Football Data Warehouse | accessdate= 2008-05-22] As Arkansas head football coach McLaren personally very popular coach but was let go because number of wins did not meet expectations. [cite book | last = Henry | first = Orville | title = The Razorbacks: A Story of Arkansas Football | publisher = University of Arkansas Press | date = 1996 | location = | pages = 36| url = | doi = | id = | isbn = 1557284296 ] From 1922 to 1926, he coached at Cincinnati, where he compiled a 16-26-3 record. From 1927 to 1929, he coached at Wyoming, where he compiled a 7-19 record. His overall record as a head coach is 32-55-8.

After coaching

After his coaching career, McLaren worked in the industrial relations division of a company Baltimore, Maryland. He was inducted into the National Football Foundation’s College Football Hall of Fame in 1965.

External links

* [http://www.hogdb.com/db/coaching-records/13/G-W-McLaren/ HogDatabase | Coaching Records for George McLaren]

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