A. Austin Tate | |
Birth Date: | 14 February 1894 |
Birth Place: | Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Death Place: | Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Player Years1: | 1912–1915 |
Player Team1: | Lehigh |
Player Positions: | Tackle |
Coach Years1: | 1922–1926 |
Coach Team1: | Liberty HS (PA) |
Coach Years2: | 1927 |
Coach Team2: | Lehigh (freshman) |
Coach Years3: | 1928–1933 |
Coach Team3: | Lehigh |
Coach Years4: | 1936–1939 |
Coach Team4: | Bloomsburg |
Overall Record: | 23–58–4 (college) |
Championships: | 1 Middle Three (1929) |
Albert Austin "Austy" Tate (February 14, 1894 – August 7, 1943)[1] was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Lehigh University from 1928 to 1933 and at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania from 1936 to 1939, compiling a career college football record of 23–58–4. Tate was an alumnus of Lehigh, Class of 1917.
Tate served as the 17th head football coach at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and he held that position for six seasons, from 1928 until 1933. His record at Lehigh was 18–33–3 ties. He had been the head coach at nearby Bethlehem High School for six seasons, from 1921 to 1926.
Tate died unexpectedly on August 7, 1943, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, at the age of 49.[2]