Maurice "Red" Elder (March 21, 1916 – August 14, 2011) was an
American football and
baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at
Colorado State University Pueblo (CSU Pueblo) from 1946 to 1951.
Elder was a
fullback Fullback or Full back may refer to:
Sports
* A position in various kinds of football, including:
** Full-back (association football), in association football (soccer), a defender playing in a wide position
** Fullback (gridiron football), in Americ ...
at
Kansas State University
Kansas State University (KSU, Kansas State, or K-State) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Manhattan, Kansas, United States. It was opened as the state's land-grant college in 1863 and was the first public instit ...
in the mid–1930s, where he played on the conference champion
1934 Kansas State Wildcats football team
The 1934 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1934 college football season. The 1934 team went undefeated in the Big Six Conference, and won the conference championship. It was the first major conferenc ...
. He was drafted by the
Washington Redskins of the
National Football League (NFL) in 1937 but dropped out of training camp and, instead, pursued a career in coaching.
Elder was the maternal grandfather of NFL quarterback
Jeff Garcia.
Head coaching record
Football
References
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1916 births
2011 deaths
American football fullbacks
Colorado State Rams baseball coaches
CSU Pueblo ThunderWolves football coaches
Kansas State Wildcats football players
People from Wellington, Kansas