Homer Norton Explained

Homer Norton
Birth Date:30 December 1896
Birth Place:Carrollton, Alabama, U.S.
Death Place:College Station, Texas, U.S.
Player Sport1:Football
Player Years2:1916
Player Team2:Birmingham
Player Sport3:Basketball
Player Years4:1915–1916
Player Team4:Birmingham
Player Sport5:Baseball
Player Years6:1916
Player Team6:Birmingham
Player Years7:1916–1919
Player Team7:Birmingham Barons
Player Years8:1920
Player Team8:Greensboro Patriots
Player Years9:1921
Player Team9:Lakeland Highlanders
Player Positions:End (football)
Outfielder (baseball)
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1919–1921
Coach Team2:Centenary
Coach Years3:1922–1925
Coach Team3:Centenary (assistant)
Coach Years4:1926–1933
Coach Team4:Centenary
Coach Years5:1934–1947
Coach Team5:Texas A&M
Coach Sport6:Basketball
Coach Years7:1921–1926
Coach Team7:Centenary
Coach Sport8:Baseball
Coach Years9:1924–1928
Coach Team9:Centenary
Coach Years10:1943–1944
Coach Team10:Texas A&M
Overall Record:143–75–18 (football)
49–43 (basketball)
62–37–1 (baseball)
Bowl Record:2–2–1
Championships:Football
1 National (1939)
2 SIAA (1926–1927)
3 SWC (1939–1941)
Cfbhof Year:1971
Cfbhof Id:1464

Homer Hill Norton (December 30, 1896 – May 26, 1965) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Centenary College of Louisiana from 1919 to 1921 and 1926[1] to 1933 and at Texas A&M University from 1934 to 1947, compiling a career college football record of 143–75–18. His 1939 Texas A&M team went 11–0, beating Tulane in the Sugar Bowl, and was named 1939 National Football Champions national champion. Norton's record at Texas A&M was 82–53–9, giving him the second most wins of any coach in Texas A&M Aggies football history. He was fired in 1947 when his team went 3–6–1 and lost to Texas for the eighth straight year. Norton was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1971.

Norton played four different sports at Birmingham–Southern College and played minor league baseball with the Birmingham Barons prior to becoming a coach. In addition to football, Norton also coached basketball at Centenary from 1921 to 1926 and baseball at Texas A&M from 1943 to 1944.

Norton died of a heart attack on May 26, 1965, in College Station, Texas.[2]

Head coaching record

Football

Notes and References

  1. Book: Glory Years of Football, Centenary College of Louisiana, 1922-1942. 2000. Centenary College of Louisiana.
  2. News: Barroquere . Pete . Former Centenary, Aggie Grid Coach Dies in Texas . . . May 27, 1965 . D1 . July 16, 2021 . .