Sam P. McBirney
American football coach and banker / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sam Pendleton McBirney (August 8, 1877 – January 20, 1936) was an American football coach and banker. He was the head football coach for the Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team in 1908 and from 1914 to 1916. His undefeated 1916 team outscored opponents 566 to 40 to become the highest scoring college football team during the 1916 college football season. He has been called "one of the fathers of football in Oklahoma."[1] McBirney was also a founder and vice president of Tulsa's Bank of Commerce from 1904 until his death in 1936.
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Born | (1877-08-08)August 8, 1877 Chetopa, Kansas, U.S. |
Died | January 20, 1936(1936-01-20) (aged 58) Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S. |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1908 | Kendall |
1909 | New Mexico |
1910 | Kendall |
?–1913 | Tulsa HS (OK) |
1914–1916 | Kendall |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 30–8–2 (college) |
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1 OIC (1916) | |
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