Edward Albert Herr (January 4, 1883 – March 18, 1950) was an American player and head coach of

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, and a physician.

Biography

Herr was a 1906 graduate of

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, where he played football for four years as a halfback and

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. He then served as head coach of the New Hampshire football team in 1906 and 1907, and for the Vermont football team in 1908. In his three seasons as a head coach, Herr compiled an overall 6–13–6 record, for a

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. In August 1906, Herr saved two women from drowning following a canoe accident in

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in New Hampshire. Following his time as a head coach, Herr earned his medical degree at the

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and went on to practice medicine in

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; Boston, Massachusetts; and

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. He died in March 1950 at Saint Mary's Hospital in Waterbury, following a brief illness.

Head coaching record

Notes

References

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