Louis Pinkham | |
Birth Date: | January 1888 |
Birth Place: | Washington, U.S. |
Death Date: | (aged 31) |
Death Place: | France |
Player Years1: | 1907–1910 |
Player Team1: | Oregon |
Player Positions: | Tackle |
Coach Years1: | 1910–1911 |
Coach Team1: | Oregon (assistant) |
Coach Years2: | 1912 |
Coach Team2: | Oregon |
Overall Record: | 3–4 |
Louis H. Pinkham Jr. (January 1888 – February 5, 1919)[1] was an American college football player and coach. He played football at the University of Oregon from 1907 to 1910 as a tackle and served as the head football coach at Oregon in 1912, compiling a record of 3–4. He also served as an assistant coach to Oregon in 1910 and 1911.[2] By 1916, Pinkham was working as a land surveyor and civil engineer for the United States Federal Government.[3] [4] Pinkam was commissioned a first lieutenant and served with the United States Army during World War I. He participated in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive and the Second Battle of the Marne. Pinkham died of bronchopneumonia, in France on February 5, 1919.[5] [6]