Elroy Guckert | |
Birth Date: | 17 May 1900 |
Birth Place: | Sandusky, Ohio, U.S. |
Death Date: | (disappeared) |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1920–1921 |
Player Team2: | Denison |
Player Sport3: | Basketball |
Player Years4: | 1920–1921 |
Player Team4: | Denison |
Player Sport5: | Baseball |
Player Years6: | c. 1920–1921 |
Player Team6: | Denison |
Player Positions: | Back (football) First baseman (baseball) |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1924 |
Coach Team2: | Grand Rapids South HS (MI) |
Coach Years3: | 1925–1926 |
Coach Team3: | Hillsdale |
Coach Sport4: | Basketball |
Coach Years5: | 1924–1925 |
Coach Team5: | Grand Rapids South HS (MI) |
Coach Years6: | 1925–1926 |
Coach Team6: | Hillsdale |
Admin Years1: | 1925–1927 |
Admin Team1: | Hillsdale |
Overall Record: | 8–6–2 (college football) 5–9 (college basketball) |
Elroy Simon "Guck" Guckert (May 17, 1900 – September 3, 1940) was an American football and basketball coach, college athletics administrator, and professor. He served as the head football coach at Hillsdale College in Hillsdale, Michigan from 1925 to 1926, compiling a record of 8–6–2.[1] He was head basketball coach at Hillsdale for the 1925–26 season, tallying a mark of 5–9. Guckert was also Hilldale's athletic director and a professor of economics before leaving the school in February 1927 to attend Columbia University.[2]
A native of Sandusky, Ohio, Guckert attended Denison University in Granville, Ohio, where he played football as a back and baseball as a first baseman.[3] [4] [5] He coached football and basketball at Grand Rapids South High School in Grand Rapids, Michigan before succeeding fellow Denison alumnus Howard B. Jefferson as coach as Hillsdale in 1925.[6]
Guckert is said to have died when he disappeared from a ship in 1940. However, his body was never recovered and he was never seen again, so his fate is unknown. [7]