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Henry Franklin Lawrence Jr. (December 22, 1897 – August 7, 1970) was an American football and basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at McKendree College—now known as
McKendree University McKendree University (McK) is a private university in Lebanon, Illinois. Founded in 1828 as the Lebanon Seminary, it is the oldest college or university in Illinois. McKendree enrolls approximately 2,300 undergraduates and nearly 700 graduate ...
—in
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in 1920 and at Northwest Missouri State Teacher's College—now known as
Northwest Missouri State University Northwest Missouri State University is a public university in Maryville, Missouri. It has an enrollment of about 8,505 students. Founded in 1905 as a teachers college, its campus is based on the design for Forest Park at the 1904 St. Louis Worl ...
—in Maryville, Missouri from 1923 to 1926, compiling career
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coaching record of 23–9–3. Lawrence was also the head basketball coach at McKendree in 1920–21 and at Northwest Missouri State from 1923 to 1929, tallying a career college basketball coaching mark of 68–47. Lawrence attended
Missouri Wesleyan College Missouri Wesleyan College was a college in Cameron, Missouri, from 1883 until 1930.Cameron, Missouri, where he played he played football, basketball, and tennis and was a member of the
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. Prior to being appointed athletic director and coach at Northwest Missouri State in 1923, he held the same position at Maryville High School. Lawrence was the son of U. S. Representative
Henry F. Lawrence Henry Franklin Lawrence (January 31, 1868 – January 12, 1950) was a U.S. Representative The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower c ...
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