Alderson "Stretch" Propps (October 17, 1912 – August 10, 1993) was an

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

player and coach. Propps was the

athletic director An athletic director (commonly "athletics director" or "AD") is an administrator at many American clubs or institutions, such as colleges and universities, as well as in larger high schools and middle schools, who oversees the work of coaches a ...

and head football coach at the Morris Harvey College—now known as

University of Charleston The University of Charleston (UC) is a private university with its main campus in Charleston, West Virginia. It also has a location in Beckley, West Virginia, known as UC-Beckley. History The school was founded in 1888 as the Barboursville Semin ...

—in

Charleston, West Virginia Charleston () is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in West Virginia, most populous city of the U.S. state of West Virginia. It is the county seat of Kanawha County, West Virginia, Kanawha County and ...

in 1946. He resigned after the first two games of the football season and was succeeded as head football coach his assistant Eddie King. Propps was born on October 17, 1912, in

Fayetteville, West Virginia Fayetteville is a town in and the county seat of Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 2,887 at the 2020 census. Fayetteville lies adjacent to the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve and is directly south of th ...

. He died on August 10, 1993.

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Emory & Henry Hall of Fame profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Propps, Alderson 1912 births 1993 deaths American football ends Charleston Golden Eagles athletic directors Emory and Henry Wasps football players Charleston Golden Eagles football coaches High school football coaches in Virginia People from Fayetteville, West Virginia Coaches of American football from West Virginia Players of American football from West Virginia Sportspeople from Fayette County, West Virginia