Ralph_S._Kent

Ralph S. Kent

Ralph S. Kent

American football coach and lawyer (1878–1949)

Ralph Sherlock Kent (August 2, 1878 – April 3, 1949) was an American college football coach. He served as the head football coach at Auburn University for the first five games of the 1902 season, compiling a record of 2–2–1. Kent returned to Cornell to finish up law school after coaching at Auburn. He later become a prominent lawyer in the Buffalo area.[5] He married Alice Kyle.

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Kent died of heart disease in 1949 at the age of 70.[6]

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Notes

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    M. S. Harvey coached the last two games of the season.

References

  1. [1]
    "A story historical of Cornell University : With biographies of distinguished Cornellians". 1916.
  2. [2]
    "Who's who in S.A.E. A biographical dictionary of notable living members of the fraternity". Evanston, Ill. [Evanston index co.] 1912.
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    http://fultonhistory.com/newspaper%2010/Yonkers%20NY%20Herald%20Statesman/Yonkers%20NY%20Herald%20Statesman%201949%20Grayscale/Yonkers%20NY%20Herald%20Statesman%201949%20Grayscale%20-%200019.pdf [bare URL PDF]
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    http://dspace.library.cornell.edu/bitstream/1813/25872/1/005_11.pdf [bare URL PDF]
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    http://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%2012/Ithaca%20NY%20Daily%20%20News/Ithaca%20NY%20Daily%20News%201902%20Grayscale/Ithaca%20NY%20Daily%20News%201902%20Grayscale%20-%200043.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  6. [6]
    "Ralph S. Kent, 70, Lawyer 44 Years; Senior Partner of White Plains Firm Dies--Was Once Head of Ward Baking Company". The New York Times. 4 April 1949.


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