George Gardner (coach)
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| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 28, 1898 Greene County, Iowa, U.S. |
| Died | January 1974 (aged 75) Arkansas City, Kansas, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Basketball | |
| 1919–1922 | Southwestern (KS) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1925–1929 | McPherson |
| Basketball | |
| 1930–1933 | Washburn |
| 1937–1939 | Southwestern (KS) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 10–25–4 (football) 60–36 (basketball) |
George D. Gardner (September 28, 1898 – January, 1974) was an American football and basketball coach. He was the head football coach at McPherson College in McPherson, Kansas, serving for five seasons, from 1925 until 1929, and compiling a record of 10–25–4.[1]
In 1937, Gardner was named basketball coach at Southwestern College in Winfield, Kansas. At the time he had been working as an insurance agent at Arkansas City, Kansas, where he continued to work when not on coaching duty.[2]
Head coaching record
[edit]Football
[edit]| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McPherson Bulldogs (Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference) (1925–1929) | |||||||||
| 1925 | McPherson | 1–4–2 | 0–4–2 | T–14th | |||||
| 1926 | McPherson | 3–4–1 | 2–4 | 11th | |||||
| 1927 | McPherson | 1–7 | 1–6 | T–13th | |||||
| 1928 | McPherson | 1–6–1 | 1–5–1 | 8th | |||||
| 1929 | McPherson | 4–4 | 2–3 | 4th | |||||
| McPherson: | 10–25–4 | 6–22–3 | |||||||
| Total: | 10–25–4 | ||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "McPherson College Football Media Guide 2010" (PDF). McPherson College Athletics. Retrieved November 10, 2010.
- ^ "Southwestern Coach". Lawrence Journal-World. Lawrence, Kansas. Associated Press. May 8, 1937. p. 6. Retrieved October 1, 2017 – via Google News.
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