Harris Taylor "Pop" Collier (May 28, 1876 – May 4, 1935) was an American
college football
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Unlike most ...
coach. He served as the head coach for
Tulane (1899) and
Georgia Tech (1900). Collier attended the
University of Virginia, where he played on the
football team and served as the team captain in 1898.
Biography
A native of
McKenzie, Tennessee,
[Queries and Minor Notes]
(PDF), ''The Journal of the American Medical Association, Volume 104, Number 24'', p. 2202, American Medical Association, June 15, 1935. Collier attended the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He played on the
football team in 1895 as a
guard. He also played on the
baseball team as a
right fielder and
pitcher. Collier then attended the
University of Virginia, where he studied medicine. He played on the
baseball team, and from 1896 to 1898, on the
football team. According to a fraternity newsletter, he was considered "one of the best
tackle
Tackle may refer to:
* In football:
** Tackle (football move), a play in various forms of football
** Tackle (gridiron football position), a position in American football and Canadian football
** Dump tackle, a forceful move in rugby of picking ...
s Virginia has ever had." Collier held the position of football team captain in 1898. The yearbook, ''Corks and Curls'' ranked him as the best "all-around athlete". At Virginia, he was the vice president of the Tennessee Club.
Collier then attended the
Tulane University School of Medicine from which he graduated in 1900.
[''Jambalaya'']
p. 79, Tulane University, 1900. He was a member of
Sigma Nu
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and
Theta Nu Epsilon.
[ While a medical student,][ Collier also coached the Tulane football team. The Olive and Blue scored no points and finished the season with a 0–6–1 record. Following his time at Tulane, Collier coached at Georgia Tech for the 1900 season, finishing 0-4-0.
Collier died at the age of 58 at his home on May 4, 1935, of a ]cerebral hemorrhage
Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), also known as cerebral bleed, intraparenchymal bleed, and hemorrhagic stroke, or haemorrhagic stroke, is a sudden bleeding into the tissues of the brain, into its ventricles, or into both. It is one kind of bleed ...
.["Dr. Harris Collier Dies In Tennessee", ''Daily Democrat-Times'', May 4, 1935, Greenville, Mississippi]
Head coaching record
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1876 births
1935 deaths
19th-century players of American football
American football tackles
Baseball outfielders
Baseball pitchers
North Carolina Tar Heels baseball players
North Carolina Tar Heels football players
Tulane Green Wave football coaches
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football coaches
Virginia Cavaliers baseball players
Virginia Cavaliers football players
Tulane University alumni
Sportspeople from Memphis, Tennessee
People from McKenzie, Tennessee
Coaches of American football from Tennessee
Players of American football from Memphis, Tennessee
Baseball players from Memphis, Tennessee