Stanley Coleman "Mac" McCollum (May 27, 1897 – June 23, 1973) was an

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player and coach. From 1922 to 1927, he was the head coach at the Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy—now known as the

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—in

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. He played college football for

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. At the end of the 1921 season, he was selected by ''

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'' and Princeton coach Bill Roper as one of two ends on their respective All-East football team. He was also selected by writer Lawrence Perry as a second-team end on Perry's

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. On December 3, 1921, he made 10 of Penn State's 11 pass receptions in a victory against Washington. McCollum was born on May 27, 1897, in Adrian, Pennsylvania and raised in

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. He moved to Mount Dora, Florida in 1967. McCollum died on June 23, 1973, at Florida Sanitarium in

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