Herman Olcott | |
Birth Date: | 1 January 1879 |
Birth Place: | New York, New York, U.S. |
Death Place: | Wallingford, Connecticut, U.S. |
Player Years1: | 1900–1901 |
Player Team1: | Yale |
Player Positions: | Center |
Coach Years1: | 1902–1903 |
Coach Team1: | North Carolina |
Coach Years2: | 1907–1912 |
Coach Team2: | NYU |
Coach Years3: | 1915–1917 |
Coach Team3: | Kansas |
Coach Years4: | 1918 |
Coach Team4: | Great Lakes Navy |
Overall Record: | 47–30–12 |
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Herman Parker "Bo" Olcott (January 1, 1879 - November 3, 1929)[1] was an American football player and coach. He played college football at Yale University, where he was an All-American in 1900 at center. Olcott was the head football coach at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1902 to 1903, New York University (NYU) from 1907 to 1912, and the University of Kansas, from 1915 to 1917. He was the head coach of the Great Lakes Navy Bluejackets football team, which represented the Naval Station Great Lakes, for the first three games of the 1918 season. Olcott died on November 3, 1929, in Wallingford, Connecticut, after a three-year illness.[2]