Edward Herr
Herr in The New Hampshire College Monthly of December 1906 | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 4, 1883[1] Waterbury, Connecticut, U.S.[2] |
| Died | March 18, 1950 (aged 67) Waterbury, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Vermont |
| Playing career | |
| 1902–1905 | Dartmouth |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1906–1907 | New Hampshire |
| 1908 | Vermont |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 6–13–6 |
Edward Albert Herr[a] (January 4, 1883 – March 18, 1950) was an American player and head coach of college football, and a physician.
Biography
[edit]Herr was a 1906 graduate of Dartmouth College, where he played football for four years as a halfback and end.[4][5] He then served as head coach of the New Hampshire football team in 1906 and 1907,[b] and for the Vermont football team in 1908.[5] In his three seasons as a head coach, Herr compiled an overall 6–13–6 record, for a .360 winning percentage.
In August 1906, Herr saved two women from drowning following a canoe accident in Squam Lake in New Hampshire.[6] Following his time as a head coach, Herr earned his medical degree at the University of Vermont and went on to practice medicine in Hartford, Connecticut; Boston, Massachusetts; and Waterbury, Connecticut.[7] He died in March 1950 at Saint Mary's Hospital in Waterbury, following a brief illness.[7]
Head coaching record
[edit]| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Hampshire (Independent) (1906–1907[c]) | |||||||||
| 1906 | New Hampshire | 2–5–1 | |||||||
| 1907 | New Hampshire | 1–5–2 | |||||||
| New Hampshire: | 3–10–3 | ||||||||
| Vermont Green and Gold (Independent) (1908) | |||||||||
| 1908 | Vermont | 3–3–3 | |||||||
| Vermont: | 3–3–3 | ||||||||
| Total: | 6–13–6 | ||||||||
Notes
[edit]- ^ New Hampshire's media guide lists his middle initial as 'R';[3] however, contemporary sources from the early 1900s refer to him as E. A. Herr.[4]
- ^ The school was then named New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts; it would become the University of New Hampshire in 1923 and would adopt the Wildcats nickname in 1926.
- ^ New Hampshire's media guide also lists Herr as their head coach for the 1905 season. However, this is not corroborated by contemporary sources, he was a student at Dartmouth through the 1905–06 academic year, and upon his hiring at Vermont it was noted that he had been coach at New Hampshire for the prior two years.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "World War I Draft Registration Card". fold3.com. September 1918. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
- ^ "World War II Draft Registration Card". fold3.com. April 1942. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
- ^ a b "2017 New Hampshire Media Guide". University of New Hampshire. 2017. p. 66. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
- ^ a b "The Football Outlook". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 14, no. 1. October 1906. p. 3. Retrieved April 27, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
- ^ a b c "Football Coach". The Burlington Free Press. Burlington, Vermont. May 6, 1908. p. 8. Retrieved April 27, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Saves Two Roxbury Girls". The Boston Globe. August 10, 1906. p. 11. Retrieved April 27, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Dr. Edward A. Herr". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. AP. March 19, 1950. p. 30. Retrieved April 27, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Ariel vol. 23 (1910)". Archived from the original on November 24, 2015. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
- 1883 births
- 1950 deaths
- People from Waterbury, Connecticut
- Dartmouth Big Green football players
- New Hampshire Wildcats football coaches
- Vermont Catamounts football coaches
- University of Vermont alumni
- Players of American football from Connecticut
- Coaches of American football from Connecticut
- Physicians from Connecticut