Harry P. Cross | |
Birth Date: | 29 September 1873 |
Birth Place: | South Kingstown, Rhode Island, U.S. |
Death Place: | Miami Beach, Florida, U.S. |
Player Years1: | 1893–1895 |
Player Team1: | Yale |
Player Positions: | Center |
Coach Years1: | 1896, 1898 |
Coach Team1: | Stanford |
Overall Record: | 7–4–2 |
Harry Parsons Cross (September 29, 1873 – March 12, 1955) was an American college football player and coach.
Cross played center for Yale University's football team from 1893 to 1895.[1] He was also an accomplished track and field athlete, competing in the hammer throw. In 1896, he was ranked as the second-best hammer thrower behind James Mitchell.[2]
In 1896, Cross became the head football coach at Stanford, guiding the team to a 2–1–1 record and a Big Game victory over Cal.[1] He coached the team again in 1898, earning a 5–3–1 record.[1]
Cross graduated from Harvard Law School in 1900 and settled in Providence, Rhode Island, where he established a law firm and worked as an assistant attorney general for the state of Rhode Island.[2] He died in 1955.[2]