![]() Herr in The New Hampshire College Monthly of December 1906 | |
Biographical details | |
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Born | [1] Waterbury, Connecticut, U.S. [2] | January 4, 1883
Died | March 18, 1950 Waterbury, Connecticut, U.S. | (aged 67)
Alma mater | University of Vermont |
Playing career | |
1902–1905 | Dartmouth |
Coaching career ( HC unless noted) | |
1906–1907 | New Hampshire |
1908 | Vermont |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 6–13–6 |
Edward Albert Herr [a] (January 4, 1883 – March 18, 1950) was an American player and head coach of college football, and a physician.
Herr was a 1906 graduate of Dartmouth College, where he played football for four years as a halfback and end. [4] [5] He then served as head coach of the New Hampshire football team in 1906 and 1907, [b] and for the Vermont football team in 1908. [5] In his three seasons as a head coach, Herr compiled an overall 6–13–6 record, for a .360 winning percentage.
In August 1906, Herr saved two women from drowning following a canoe accident in Squam Lake in New Hampshire. [6] Following his time as a head coach, Herr earned his medical degree at the University of Vermont and went on to practice medicine in Hartford, Connecticut; Boston, Massachusetts; and Waterbury, Connecticut. [7] He died in March 1950 at Saint Mary's Hospital in Waterbury, following a brief illness. [7]
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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New Hampshire (Independent) (1906–1907 [c]) | |||||||||
1906 | New Hampshire | 2–5–1 | |||||||
1907 | New Hampshire | 1–5–2 | |||||||
New Hampshire: | 3–10–3 | ||||||||
Vermont Green and Gold (Independent) (1908) | |||||||||
1908 | Vermont | 3–3–3 | |||||||
Vermont: | 3–3–3 | ||||||||
Total: | 6–13–6 |