H. R. Schenker Explained

H. R. Schenker
Birth Date:21 April 1882
Birth Place:Holyoke, Massachusetts, U.S.
Death Place:Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Alma Mater:Yale University
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1906
Coach Team2:Texas
Coach Years3:1907
Coach Team3:Mercer
Coach Sport4:Baseball
Coach Years5:1907
Coach Team5:Texas
Overall Record:12–4 (football)
16–8 (baseball)

Henry Richard Schenker (April 21, 1882 – May 3, 1922) was an American football and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Texas at Austin in 1906 and at Mercer University in 1907, compiling a career college football record of 12–4. Schenker was also the head baseball coach at Texas in the spring of 1907, tallying a mark of 16–8.[1]

Schenker was born on April 21, 1882, in Holyoke, Massachusetts.[2] He graduated from Yale University in 1905. He died on May 3, 1922, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, after suffering from liver cancer.[3] [4]

Head coaching record

Baseball

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Texas Baseball History 2018 Fact Book . Texas Sports . October 25, 2019 . October 26, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191026121705/https://s3.amazonaws.com/texassports_com/documents/2018/2/13/Texas_Baseball_History_2018_Fact_Book.pdf . dead .
  2. Web site: Denis Larionov & Alexander Zhulin . Read the ebook History of Idaho : the gem of the mountains (Volume 4) by James H. Hawley . Ebooksread.com . November 9, 2011 .
  3. News: . Death Summons H. R. Schenker . . . May 5, 1922 . 9 . November 30, 2020 . .
  4. Book: . Yale University: Obituary Record of Graduates Deceased During the Year Ending July 1, 1922 . 1921 . 484–6 .