Emmons Burdette Dunbar (March 24, 1882 – July 20, 1954) was an American agriculturalist and

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coach. He served as the head football coach at Maryland Agricultural College—now known as the

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—in 1901, compiling a record of 1–7.

Biography

Dunbar was born in Springville, New York, in 1882.Alumni record of the Maryland Agricultural College: 1914
p. 83, Maryland Agricultural College, 1914. As a youth, he was tutored by fellow Springville native and legendary coach Glenn "Pop" Warner in the intricacies of the unbalanced line used to great effect by the Carlisle Indians. In 1900, Dunbar enrolled in the Maryland Agricultural College, where he played on the

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as a guard from 1900 to 1902. The team elected him as captain in 1902, but he broke his leg in the second game against Mount Saint Joseph College. Dunbar graduated from the Maryland Agricultural College in 1903 with a

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from the Agricultural Course. He married in 1910 and worked as an agronomist for the I. A. Corporation in

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. Dunbar was a member of the Freemasons.''Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of New York''
p. 351, Grand Lodge of the State of New York, 1911.

Head coaching record

References

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