Otto Wagonhurst Explained

Otto Wagonhurst
Birth Date:25 April 1871
Birth Place:Gouldsboro, Pennsylvania, U.S.[1]
Death Place:Jackson, Michigan, U.S.[2]
Player Years1:1892–1895
Player Team1:Penn
Player Years2:1898–1899
Player Team2:Duquesne Country and AC
Player Years3:1900
Player Team3:Homestead Library & AC
Player Positions:Tackle
Coach Years1:1896
Coach Team1:Alabama
Coach Years2:1897
Coach Team2:Iowa
Overall Record:6–5

Otman Franklin "Otto" Wagonhurst (sometimes spelled Wagenhorst or Wagenhurst; April 25, 1871 – June 15, 1932) was an American football player and coach. Wagonhurst played college football as a left tackle at the University of Pennsylvania from 1892 to 1895. He served as the head football coach at the University of Alabama in 1896 and at the University of Iowa in 1897, compiling a career record of 6–5.[3] After coaching college football, he played professionally for Pittsburgh's Duquesne Country and Athletic Club and the Homestead Library and Athletic Club. He won circuit championship titles with Duquesne in 1898[4] and 1899 and Homestead in 1900.[5] After his football career, he went on to become a railway executive. He died in 1932 in Jackson, Michigan and was buried in Akron, Ohio.

He was a brother of Woody Wagenhorst, head football coach at the University of Pennsylvania and briefly a major league baseball player, and Jim Wagenhorst, athlete at Penn and football player[6] and manager[7] for the Duquesne Country and Athletic Club.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Elections and Appointments. Railroad Gazette. 44. 428. March 20, 1908.
  2. Web site: Otto F. Wagonhorst Dies . https://web.archive.org/web/20120425113026/http://history.catskill.net/1932/1932-06-24-0001.pdf#xml=http://history.catskill.net/dtSearch/dtisapi6.dll?cmd=getpdfhits&u=bcf694&DocId=5337&Index=D%3a%5cdtSearch%20Developer%5cUserData%5ccatskill%2dmountain%2dnews&HitCount=2&hits=1695+16b1+&SearchForm=D%3a%5ccatskill%2dmountain%2dnews%5cdtSearch%5fform%2ehtml&.pdf . 2012-04-25.
  3. Web site: Otto Wagonhurst Records by Year. College Football Data Warehouse. 2011-10-28. 2014-07-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20140725210527/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_year_by_year.php?coachid=2410. dead.
  4. Web site: Stars Over All-Stars . Professional Football Researchers Association . PFRA Research . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101126225257/http://profootballresearchers.org/Articles/Stars_Over_All_Stars.pdf . November 26, 2010 .
  5. The Worst Season Ever, Pittsburgh Pro Teams Find Hard Times: 1900 . Coffin Corner . Professional Football Researchers Association . Annual . 1–2 . PFRA Research . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101218174114/http://profootballresearchers.org/Articles/Worst_Season_Ever.pdf . December 18, 2010 .
  6. Web site: Ten Dollars and Cakes: The "Not Quite" First Pro: 1895 . Professional Football Researchers Association . PFRA Research . February 19, 2024.
  7. News: The Pittsburg Press. November 14, 1896. 1. Late Sporting News. Newspapers.com.
  8. Web site: Elwood Otto Wagenhurst 1863–1946. Penn People. University Archives & Records Center, University of Pennsylvania. February 19, 2024.