Red O'Hora explained

Red O'Hora
Player Sport1:Football
Player Years2:1933, 1935–1936
Player Team2:Penn State
Player Sport3:Baseball
Player Years4:1934–1936
Player Team4:Penn State
Player Years5:1938
Player Team5:Trenton Senators
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1946
Coach Team2:Bangor HS (PA)
Coach Years3:1947
Coach Team4:Colgate (assistant)
Coach Years4:1949–1959
Coach Team3:Easton Area HS (PA)
Coach Sport5:Baseball
Coach Years6:1948–1949
Coach Team6:Colgate (assistant)
Coach Years7:1950–1972
Coach Team7:Colgate
Overall Record:238–198–4
Tournament Record:NCAA: 1–2

Frank James "Red" O'Hora is an American former baseball coach and player. He played college baseball for Penn State for coach Joe Bedenk from 1934 to 1936 before playing professionally from 1938. He then served as the head baseball coach of the Colgate Red Raiders from 1950 to 1972, leading the Red Raiders to a fourth-place finish in the 1955 College World Series.

O'Hora served as the head football coach of Bangor High School and Easton Area High School.[1] On June 1, 1949, O'Hora was named the successor to Eppie Barnes as the head baseball coach of the Colgate Red Raiders.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: BOB RUTE: ROVERS' LEGEND . January 12, 1992 . Jack Logic . The Morning Call . www.mcall.com . May 13, 2020.
  2. Web site: HARTMAN IS NAMED COACH AT COLGATE; Succeeds Lawrence at Helm of Quintet -- O'Hora to Replace Barnes as Mentor of Nine . June 1, 1949 . The New York Times . nytimes.com . May 13, 2020.