Horace James "Horse" Hendrickson (August 24, 1910 – May 22, 2004) was an

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and

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player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at

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from 1937 to 1941 and at

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from 1952 to 1953, compiling a career

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record of 35–28–1. From 1937 to 1941, Hendrickson coached at

, where he compiled a 31–12–1 record. His best season came in 1941, when his team went 8–1. For much of the 1940s, he was an assistant coach at the

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. From 1952 to 1953, he coached at

, where he compiled a 4–16 record. Hendrickson played football, basketball and baseball at

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. He then served as director of athletics at

, and coached football, baseball and basketball from 1937 to 1942. In 1942, he moved to the

replacing Howard Odell as the backfield coach on the football team.

Family

Hendrickson was married to Gene Fulton Swartz of Derry, Pennsylvania on June 18, 1938. The couple had two sons: Richard Fulton and James Alva.

Head coaching record

Football

References

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