| H. T. Summersgill | |
| Birth Date: | 6 February 1876 |
| Birth Place: | Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Queens, New York, U.S. |
| Player Years1: | 1896 |
| Player Team1: | Brown |
| Player Years2: | 1898–1899 |
| Player Team2: | Virginia |
| Player Positions: | End |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1900–1901 |
| Coach Team2: | Tulane |
| Coach Sport3: | Baseball |
| Coach Years4: | 1902 |
| Coach Team4: | Tulane |
| Overall Record: | 9–2* (football) 8–5 (baseball) * Tulane records: 10–1 |
| H. T. Summersgill (Andy Sommerville) | |
| Bats: | Unknown |
| Throws: | Unknown |
| Debutleague: | MLB |
| Debutdate: | August 8 |
| Debutyear: | 1894 |
| Debutteam: | Brooklyn Grooms |
| Finalleague: | MLB |
| Finaldate: | August 8 |
| Finalyear: | 1894 |
| Finalteam: | Brooklyn Grooms |
| Statleague: | MLB |
| Stat1label: | Win–loss record |
| Stat2label: | Earned run average |
| Stat3label: | Strikeouts |
| Stat1value: | 0-1 |
| Stat2value: | 162.00 |
| Stat3value: | 0 |
| Teams: | |
Andrew Henry Sommerville (born as Henry Travers Summersgill; February 6, 1876 – June 16, 1931) was a 19th-century Major League Baseball pitcher, physician and college football and baseball coach. As a pitcher he appeared in one game for the 1894 Brooklyn Grooms, giving up six runs in one-third of an inning while walking five batters. He served as the head football coach of Tulane University from 1900 to 1901 and the head baseball coach in 1902.
A native of Vermont,[1] Summersgill originally attended Brown University, where he played on the football team in 1896,[2] but transferred to the University of Virginia in 1898. He played football at Virginia as an end from 1898 to 1899,[3] [4] and was elected the team captain for the 1899 season.[5] He was a member of Beta Theta Pi.[6]
Summersgill then attended medical school at Tulane University. He took over as the part-time head football coach from H. T. "Pop" Collier for the 1900 season.[7] [8] In his first season, Tulane finished undefeated and unscored upon with a perfect 5–0 record, which was an impressive turnaround from a scoreless 0–6–1 campaign the year prior.[9] The team outscored the Southern Athletic Club, Alabama,, LSU, and Mississippi by a combined 105–;0 margin.[9] The next year, Tulane finished 1901 with a 4–2 mark.[10] Against the Mobile Y.M.C.A., Tulane lost, 2–0, despite Summersgill's protests to the officials that there was still time remaining in the game.[9] The Olive and Blue later beat LSU, 22–0, on the field, but was forced to forfeit 11–0 by the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association over the use of a professional player.[9] Today, Tulane records still count this as a win, which LSU records dispute.[9] [11]
Summersgill received a Doctor of Medicine degree from Tulane in 1900.[12] In May 1901, he was licensed after passing the medical examination at Tulane.[13] In 1902, Summersgill coached the Tulane baseball team and amassed an 8–5 record.[14]
In 1905, he was the medical officer in charge at the Bohio Hospital in the Canal Zone at Bohio, Panama.[12] [15] He served as superintendent of the City Hospital in Cincinnati, and later, as the head of the University of California Hospital in San Francisco. After a ten-week illness, he died on June 16, 1931, of a cerebral hemorrhage at the Jamaica Hospital in Queens, New York.[16]