Harmon S. Graves
Appearance
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Biographical details | |
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Born | Cambridge, New York, U.S. | October 4, 1870
Died | September 13, 1940 Grand Isle, Vermont, U.S. | (aged 69)
Playing career | |
1889 | Yale |
1891–1892 | Yale |
Position(s) | Halfback |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1893 | Lehigh |
1894–1895 | Army |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 15–7 |
Harmon Sheldon Graves (October 4, 1870 – September 13, 1940) was an American football player, coach, and lawyer. He served as the head coach at Lehigh University in 1893 and the United States Military Academy from 1894 to 1895, compiling a career college football record of 15–7. He coached the Pittsburgh Athletic Club football team late in the 1895 season.[1] Graves played football as a halfback at Yale University. He later practiced law in New York City.[2]
Head coaching record
[edit]Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Lehigh (Independent) (1893) | |||||||||
1893 | Lehigh | 7–3 | |||||||
Lehigh: | 7–3 | ||||||||
Army Cadets (Independent) (1894–1895) | |||||||||
1894 | Army | 3–2 | |||||||
1895 | Army | 5–2 | |||||||
Army: | 10–4 | ||||||||
Total: | 15–7 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Amateurs". The Pittsburg Press. November 17, 1895. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Harmon S. Graves, Ex-Army Coach, 69". The New York Times. September 14, 1940. Retrieved July 26, 2010.
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Categories:
- 1870 births
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- 19th-century players of American football
- American football halfbacks
- Army Black Knights football coaches
- Lehigh Mountain Hawks football coaches
- Pittsburgh Athletic Club (football) coaches
- Yale Bulldogs football players
- Trinity College (Connecticut) alumni
- Yale Law School alumni
- New York (state) lawyers
- People from Cambridge, New York
- College football coaches first appointed in the 1890s stubs