George W. Andree (February 7, 1879 – October 5, 1934) was an American

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for

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in 1902. Andree was born in

Manistee, Michigan Manistee ( ') is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. Located in southwestern Manistee County, Michigan, Manistee County, it is part of the northwestern Lower Peninsula of Michigan, Lower Peninsula. Manistee is the county seat of Manistee County ...

, but grew up in

Scottville, Michigan Scottville is a city in Mason County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,214 at the 2010 census. History The area was first mapped in 1874 as a stop along the Pere Marquette Railway. It was originally called Mason Center, as ...

where his parents owned the town's first hotel. He was deaf and attended

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(now Gallaudet University), a college established for students with hearing and speaking disabilities. He graduated from the school in 1902. He was considered a star athlete for Gallaudet and played four years as halfback on the football team and as

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for three years on the baseball team. He was captain of the Gallaudet baseball team in both 1900 and 1901. The 1901 football team had Gilbert O. Erickson and Andree in the backfield. After graduation, Andree became coach of the 1902

football team. He was known as an expert lipreader and taught the players how to use non-verbal signals to confuse the opposing teams. However, the 1902 season was not very successful and Georgia Tech had no wins and just two ties out of eight contests. It was Andree's only year coaching the team. In 1908, following his coaching career, Andree earned a Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) degree from the

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and later practiced in

Tishomingo, Oklahoma Tishomingo is the largest city in, and the county seat of, Johnston County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 3,034 at the 2010 census, a decline of 4.1 percent from the figure of 3,162 in 2000. It was the first capital of the Chick ...

. He became president of the Oklahoma Dentist Association and a legislative committee member of the National Dentists' Association shortly before his death. He died on October 5, 1934, in Scottville, Michigan after a prolonged illness.

Head coaching record

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