Harry Parsons Cross (September 29, 1873 – March 12, 1955) was an American
college football
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Unlike most ...
player and coach.
Athletic and coaching career
Cross played
center for
Yale University's football team from 1893 to 1895.
He was also an accomplished
track and field athlete, competing in the
hammer throw. In 1896, he was ranked as the second-best hammer thrower behind
James Mitchell.
In 1896, Cross became the head football coach at
Stanford
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, guiding the team to a 2–1–1 record and a
Big Game victory over
Cal Cal or CAL may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* ''Cal'' (novel), a 1983 novel by Bernard MacLaverty
* "Cal" (short story), a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov
* ''Cal'' (1984 film), an Irish drama starring John Lynch and Helen Mir ...
.
[ He coached the team again in 1898, earning a 5–3–1 record.][
]
After football
Cross graduated from Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School (Harvard Law or HLS) is the law school of Harvard University, a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest continuously operating law school in the United States.
Each class ...
in 1900 and settled in Providence, Rhode Island, where he established a law firm and worked as an assistant attorney general for the state of Rhode Island.[ He died in 1955.][
]
Head coaching record
See also
* List of college football head coaches with non-consecutive tenure
References
External links
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1873 births
1955 deaths
19th-century players of American football
American male hammer throwers
American football centers
Stanford Cardinal football coaches
Yale Bulldogs football players
Harvard Law School alumni
Sportspeople from Providence, Rhode Island
People from South Kingstown, Rhode Island
Coaches of American football from Rhode Island
Players of American football from Providence, Rhode Island