Lou Ferry | |
Birth Date: | 1 December 1927 |
Birth Place: | Chester, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Death Place: | Darby, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Player Years1: | 1945–1948 |
Player Team1: | Villanova |
Player Years2: | 1949–1950 |
Player Team2: | Green Bay Packers |
Player Years3: | 1951 |
Player Team3: | Chicago Cardinals |
Player Years4: | 1952–1956 |
Player Team4: | Pittsburgh Steelers |
Player Positions: | Tackle |
Coach Years1: | 1960–1969 |
Coach Team1: | Villanova (DL) |
Coach Years2: | 1970–1973 |
Coach Team2: | Villanova |
Coach Years3: | 1974 |
Coach Team3: | Villanova (DL) |
Coach Years4: | 1974 |
Coach Team4: | Villanova (interim HC) |
Coach Years5: | 1975–1981 |
Coach Team5: | Villanova (DL) |
Coach Years6: | 1986–2003 |
Coach Team6: | Villanova (DL) |
Overall Record: | 20–26–1 |
Louis A. Ferry (December 1, 1927 – January 25, 2004) was an American football player and coach. He played professionally in the National Football League (NFL) for the Green Bay Packers for two seasons (1949–1950), one season with the Chicago Cardinals (1951), and five with the Pittsburgh Steelers (1952–1956). Ferry served as the head football coach at Villanova University from 1970 to 1973 and interim head coach for the final three games of the 1974 season, compiling a record of 20–26–1.[1] [2]
Ferry dies on January 25, 2004, at Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital in Darby, Pennsylvania.[3]