Norman B. Edgerton | |
Birth Date: | 11 June 1887 |
Birth Place: | Fremont, North Carolina, U.S. |
Death Place: | Columbia, South Carolina, U.S. |
Player Years1: | 1906–1908 |
Player Team1: | Davidson |
Player Positions: | Center |
Coach Years1: | 1912–1915 |
Coach Team1: | South Carolina |
Coach Years2: | 1922–1923 |
Coach Team2: | South Carolina (line) |
Admin Years1: | 1912–1915 |
Admin Team1: | South Carolina |
Overall Record: | 19–13–3 |
Norman Bruce "Red" Edgerton (June 11, 1887 – June 16, 1925) was an American college football coach, athletics administrator, and physician. He served as the head football coach at the University of South Carolina at Columbia, South Carolina from 1912 to 1915, compiling a record of 19–13–3. Edgerton was the athletic director at South Carolina during that same span.
Edgerton was born on June 11, 1887, in Fremont, North Carolina, and grew up in New Bern, North Carolina. He played college football at Davidson College in Davidson, North Carolina, before graduating in 1909.[1] He then attended the Medical College of South Carolina—now known as the Medical University of South Carolina—in Charleston, South Carolina.
Edgerton died of pneumonia on June 16, 1925, at this home in Columbia, South Carolina.[2] [3]