Harry Joseph O'Brien (October 31, 1884 – August 23, 1955), nicknamed "Shorty", was an

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

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, and

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coach. He was the fifth head football coach at

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, serving for five seasons, from 1916 to 1918 and from 1920 to 1921, compiling a record of 14–15–4. O'Brien also coached

and

for The Citadel for two seasons during

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. He tallied a record of 6–2 in basketball and 3–9 in baseball. O'Brien died of

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on August 23, 1955, at his home in

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Head coaching record

Football

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Head coaching record

Football

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