Albert Barron | |
Birth Date: | 18 September 1888 |
Birth Place: | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Death Place: | Somers Point, New Jersey, U.S. |
Player Years1: | 1910 |
Player Team1: | Penn State |
Player Years2: | 1913–1914 |
Player Team2: | Penn State |
Coach Years1: | 1921–1922 |
Coach Team1: | Michigan Agricultural |
Coach Years2: | 1924 |
Coach Team2: | Temple |
Admin Years1: | 1922 |
Admin Team1: | Michigan Agricultural |
Admin Years2: | 1937–1957 |
Admin Team2: | Olney HS (PA) |
Overall Record: | 7–14–2 (college football) |
Albert M. Barron (September 18, 1888 – March 27, 1962) was an American football player, coach of football and track, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head coach at Michigan State Agricultural College—now Michigan State University—from 1921 to 1922, and at Temple University in 1924, compiling a career record of 7–14–2. Barron was the athletic director at Michigan Agricultural in 1922. He also coached track at Temple and at Swarthmore College. He served as the athletic director at Olney High School in Philadelphia from 1937 to 1957 and also coached football there. Barron died on March 27, 1962, in Somers Point, New Jersey, after a heart attack.[1]