Andrew Kerr

College coach infobox


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Name = Andrew "Andy" Kerr
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DateOfBirth = birth date|1878|10|7
Birthplace = Cheyenne, Wyoming
DateOfDeath = death date and age|1969|2|17|1878|10|7
Sport = College football
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Title = Head Coach
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OverallRecord = 95-50-7
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CFbDWID = 1263
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Coach = Trigger
CoachYears = 1922-1923
1926-1928
1929-1946
1947-1949
CoachTeams = Stanford
Washington & Jefferson
Colgate
Lebanon Valley
FootballHOF = 1951

Andrew "Andy" Kerr IV (October 7, 1878 – February 17, 1969) was a college football coach at Colgate and Stanford. cite news|title = Andy Kerr, 90, Football Coach At Colgate for 18 Years, Is Dead; '32 Team, Ignored for Bowls, Was Known as 'Undefeated, Untied and Uninvited|publisher = New York Times|date = February 17, 1969]

Early Years

Andrew Kerr IV was born in Cheyenne, Wyoming to Andrew and Mary Elizabeth Kerr. His family moved east to Carlisle, Pennsylvania where Kerr attended secondary school. cite web | url= http://chronicles.dickinson.edu/encyclo/k/ed_kerrA.htm | title= Andrew Kerr (1878-1969)| publisher= Chronicles:Encyclopedia Dickinsonia| accessdate= 2008-06-05] He attended Dickinson College, where he played football, baseball, and track. He was a college track coach at Pittsburgh and also was an assistant football under legendary head coach Glenn Scobey "Pop" Warner.

Head coaching career

In 1922, Warner accepted the head coaching job at Stanford. Due to Warner's contractual obligations at Pitt, he sent Kerr to act as Stanford's head coach until his arrival in 1924.cite web|url=http://www.bashof.org/inducteebios/pwarner.htm|title=Pop Warner|publisher=Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame|accessdate=2007-07-20] He posted an 11-7 record in his two seasons. Kerr remained with Warner as an assistant for two more seasons, and also coached Stanford's men's basketball team from 1922 to 1926.Kerr served as the 23rd head football coach for the Colgate University Raiders located in the Village of Hamilton in Madison County, New York. He held that position for eighteen seasons, from 1929 until 1946. His overall coaching record at Colgate was 95 wins, 50 losses, and 7 ties. This ranks him first at Colgate in terms of total wins and 12th at Colgate in terms of winning percentage. cite web | url= http://www.gocolgateraiders.com/sidebar.asp?id=667&path=football | title= 2007 Colgate Football Media Guide| publisher= Colgate University| accessdate= 2008-06-05] His 1932 Colgate squad was undefeated, and didn't allow a single point that season. The team expected to be invited to play in the Rose Bowl but did not get an invitation, earning the label "undefeated, untied, unscored upon, and uninvited."

References

External links

*http://www.hickoksports.com/biograph/kerrandy.shtml