Harry E. Trout

Harry E. Trout
Sport(s) College football
Current position
Team West Virginia University
Biographical details
Born (1876-04-04)April 4, 1876
Lykens, Pennsylvania
Died January 11, 1941(1941-01-11) (aged 64)
Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Alma mater Lafayette University[1]
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1903 West Virginia
Head coaching record
Overall 7-1-0 (0.875)

Harry Edgar Trout was the ninth head college football coach for the West Virginia University Mountaineers located in Morgantown, West Virginia and he held that position for the 1903 season. [2] His coaching record at West Virginia was 7 wins, 1 loss, and 0 ties. As of the conclusion of the 2007 season, this ranks him 20th at West Virginia in total wins and second at West Virginia in winning percentage (0.875). [3]

Trout was the first coach at West Virginia to record a victory over rival Washington and Jefferson College with a 6-0 win on November 26, 1903. The game marked not only the first victory over Washington and Jefferson, but the first time after nine attempts West Virginia had managed to score against the "Presidents".[4]

He graduated from Lafayette in 1903 and married Jane McBride of Portland, Oregon in January 1913 at Chicago.[5] Trout later worked for a steel company in Pennsylvania.[6] He died January 11, 1941 in Johnstown and was buried in Granview Cemetery in that city.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "The Monticola". archive.org. Retrieved 2015-09-15.
  2. ↑ College Football Reference West Virginia Football Records
  3. ↑ West Virginia Mountaineers football coaching records
  4. ↑ College Football Data Warehouse West Virginia vs Washington & Jefferson (PA)
  5. ↑ Phi Delta Theta Fraternity (1914). The Scroll of Phi Delta Theta. 38. Phi Delta Theta Fraternity. ISSN 0036-9799. Retrieved 2015-09-15.
  6. ↑ Denis Larionov & Alexander Zhulin. "Ebook Biographical catalogue of Lafayette college, 1832-1912 by John Franklin Stonecipher - read online or download for free". ebooksread.com. Retrieved 2015-09-15.
  7. ↑ "Harry Edgar Trout (1876 - 1941) - Find A Grave Memorial". findagrave.com. Retrieved 2015-09-15.

External links


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 8/19/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.