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]