Albert Edward Humphreys (March 22, 1902 – June 29, 1962) was an
American football
American football, referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron football, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular American football field, field with goalposts at e ...
coach and college athletics administrator. He was born in
Wolcott, Indiana
Wolcott ( ) is a town in Princeton Township, White County, Indiana, Princeton Township, White County, Indiana, White County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 950 at the 2020 census.
History
Wolcott was platted in May 1861 when th ...
, and attended the
University of Illinois
The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC, U of I, Illinois, or University of Illinois) is a public university, public land-grant university, land-grant research university in the Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area, Illinois, United ...
. He became employed by
Bucknell University
Bucknell University is a Private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal-arts college in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 1846 as the University at Lewisburg, it now consists of the College of Arts a ...
in 1937 and served as the school's head football coach for seven years (1937–1942, 1946) and then as its athletic director from 1947 to 1962.
Head coaching record
College
References
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1902 births
1962 deaths
Bucknell Bison athletic directors
Bucknell Bison football coaches
High school football coaches in New York (state)
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign alumni
People from White County, Indiana