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Herman Olcott

Herman Olcott

American football player and coach (1879–1929)

Herman Parker "Bo" Olcott (January 1, 1879 – November 3, 1929)[1] was an American football player and coach. He played college football at Yale University, where he was an All-American in 1900 at center. Olcott was the head football coach at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1902 to 1903, New York University (NYU) from 1907 to 1912, and the University of Kansas, from 1915 to 1917. He was the head coach of the Great Lakes Navy Bluejackets football team, which represented the Naval Station Great Lakes, for the first three games of the 1918 season. Olcott died on November 3, 1929, in Wallingford, Connecticut, after a three-year illness.[2]

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    Olcott was replaced as head coach after three games by Clarence J. McReavy. McReavy led Great Lakes Navy for the final five games of the season including the 1919 Rose Bowl. The team finished the season with a record of 6–0–2.

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    "Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University". 1930.
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    "Herman Olcott Dies; Ex-Yale Gridiron Star; Former Centre on Noted F. Gordon Brown Football Team Had Been Ill Three Years" (PDF). The New York Times. Associated Press. November 5, 1929. Retrieved January 30, 2011.
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