George O. Redington | |
Birth Date: | 30 April 1871 |
Birth Place: | Syracuse, New York, U.S. |
Death Place: | Danbury, Connecticut, U.S. |
Player Years1: | 1891 |
Player Team1: | Syracuse |
Coach Years1: | 1895–1896 |
Coach Team1: | Syracuse |
Overall Record: | 11–5–4 |
George Owen Redington (April 30, 1871 – April 17, 1958) was an American football player, coach, and lawyer. He served as the head football coach at Syracuse University from 1895 to 1896, compiling a record of 11–5–4.[1] Redington graduated from Yale Law School in 1895 and joined the law firm of Carter, Hughes & Dwight in New York, where he worked under Charles Evans Hughes. He served as assistant corporation counsel of New York during the administration of Fiorello H. La Guardia, Mayor of New York City. Redington was a veteran of the Spanish–American War. He died at Danbury Hospital in Danbury, Connecticut on April 17, 1958.[2]