Stan Keck Explained

Stan Keck
Birth Date:11 September 1897
Birth Place:Greensburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Death Place:Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Player Years1:1919–1921
Player Team1:Princeton
Player Years2:1923
Player Team2:Cleveland Indians
Player Positions:Tackle, guard
Coach Years1:1939–1941
Coach Team1:Norwich (line)
Coach Years2:1942–1946
Coach Team2:Norwich
Coach Years3:1947–1950
Coach Team3:Waynesburg
Admin Years1:1947–1951
Admin Team1:Waynesburg
Overall Record:23–26–4
Awards:
Cfbhof Year:1959
Cfbhof Id:1384

James Stanton Keck (September 11, 1897 – January 20, 1951) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He attended The Kiski School and went on to play college football at Princeton University as a tackle and guard.[1] Keck was selected as an All-American in 1920 and in 1921. Keck served as the head football coach at Norwich University in Northfield, Vermont from 1942 to 1946 and Waynesburg College—now known as Waynesburg University—in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania from 1947 to 1950, compiling a career college football coaching record of 23–26–4. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1959.

Death

Keck died on January 20, 1951, after suffering a stroke at Western Pennsylvania Hospital in Pittsburgh. He had transferred there five days earlier from Greene Country Memorial Hospital, to which he was admitted the previous month with high blood pressure.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Stan Keck Stats . Pro-Football-Reference.com . Sports Reference . 26 May 2022.
  2. News: Stan Keck, 53, Dies; Princeton Ex-Star; Former Football Captain Was All-America Tackle in 1920—Coach at Waynesburg . . January 21, 1951 . February 16, 2011.