Laurence Hardy Bankart (October 16, 1887 – August 31, 1978) was an American
college football
College football (french: Football universitaire) refers to gridiron football played by teams of student athletes. It was through college football play that American football rules first gained popularity in the United States.
Unlike most ...
player and coach. He was the head football coach at
Colgate University
Colgate University is a private liberal arts college in Hamilton, New York. The college was founded in 1819 as the Baptist Education Society of the State of New York and operated under that name until 1823, when it was renamed Hamilton Theologi ...
for five seasons, in 1910 and again from 1913 until 1916, compiling a record of 28–7–3. Bankhart's five years as coach was the longest-tenured football coach at Colgate since the first coach
Samuel Colgate Jr. headed the program for three years (some sources say two) until 1929, when
Andrew Kerr took over the program for 18 seasons.
Bankart was born on October 16, 1887, in
Bradford
Bradford is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Bradford district in West Yorkshire, England. The city is in the Pennines' eastern foothills on the banks of the Bradford Beck. Bradford had a population of 349,561 at the 2011 ...
, England.
Head coaching record
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References
1880s births
1978 deaths
Colgate Raiders football coaches
Dartmouth Big Green football players
Players of American football from Boston
Sportspeople from Bradford
English emigrants to the United States
English players of American football
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