Homer Hill Norton (December 30, 1896 – May 26, 1965) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach. He served as the head football coach at

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from 1919 to 1921 and 1926 to 1933 and at Texas A&M University from 1934 to 1947, compiling a career

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record of 143–75–18. His 1939 Texas A&M team went 11–0, beating Tulane in the

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, and was named a national champion. Norton's record at Texas A&M was 82–53–9, giving him the second most wins of any coach in

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history. He was fired in 1947 when his team went 3–6–1 and lost to Texas for the eighth straight year. Norton was inducted into the

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as a coach in 1971. Norton played four different sports at

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and played minor league baseball with the

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prior to becoming a coach. In addition to football, Norton also coached basketball at Centenary from 1921 to 1926 and baseball at Texas A&M from 1943 to 1944. Norton died of a heart attack on May 26, 1965, in College Station, Texas.

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