Harry W. Crum Explained

Harry W. Crum
Birth Date:10 July 1899
Birth Place:Derry, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Death Place:New Kensington, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Player Sport1:Football
Player Years2:1922
Player Team2:Princeton
Player Positions:Halfback
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1924–1928
Coach Team2:George Washington
Coach Years3:1929–1931
Coach Team3:Allegheny
Coach Years4:1933
Coach Team4:Hurst HS (PA)
Coach Sport5:Basketball
Coach Years6:1927–1929
Coach Team6:George Washington
Overall Record:40–25–7 (college football)
13–14 (college basketball)
Championships:

Harry Watson "Maud" Crum (July 10, 1899 – February 14, 1968) was an American football player and coach of football and basketball. He served as the head football coach at George Washington University from 1924 to 1928 and at Allegheny College from 1929 to 1931, compiling a career college football record of 40–25–7. Crum was also the head basketball coach at George Washington from 1927 to 1929, tally a mark of 13–14.

Coaching career

Crum accepted the position of head football coach at the George Washington University in 1924. He was the first to remain in that position with the "Hatchetites" for more than four years.[1] He then coached the football team at Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania. He held that position for three seasons, from 1929 until 1931. His coaching record at Allegheny was 14–7–4.[2]

Later life and death

Crum died in 1968 at a hospital in New Kensington, Pennsylvania. In his later years he had worked as an attorney.[3]

Head coaching record

Football

Notes and References

  1. http://media.www.gwhatchet.com/media/storage/paper332/news/1999/08/30/Sports/When-We.Played.Football.The.Gw.Boys.Of.Fall.18901966-16420.shtml When we played football: the GW boys of fall, 1890-1966
  2. Web site: DeLassus. David. Allegheny Coaching Records. College Football Data Warehouse. November 24, 2010. March 4, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304090506/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iii/ncac/allegheny/coaching_records.php. dead.
  3. "Harry W. Crum, Former Hurst Coach, 68, Dies", The Daily Courier, February 15, 1968, Connellsville, Pennsylvania