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American baseball player and sports coach From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Milford Ross "Cardy" Swartz (1893 – 1978) was a minor league baseball player[1] and an American football, college basketball and college baseball coach.
Biographical details | |
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Born | 1893 |
Died | 1978 |
Alma mater | Lebanon Valley |
Playing career | |
Baseball | |
1915 | Gettysburg Patriots |
1919 | Reading Coal Barons |
1920 | Reading Marines |
1921–1922 | Reading Aces |
1922 | Pittsfield Hillies |
1922 | Newark Bears |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1919 | Connecticut (assistant) |
1920 | Connecticut |
1923–1929 | Dickinson Seminary |
1930–1941 | Juniata |
Basketball | |
1919–1921 | Connecticut |
1923–1930 | Dickinson Seminary |
1930–1942 | Juniata |
Baseball | |
1921 | Connecticut |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1923–1930 | Dickinson Seminary |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 29–23–5 (football) |
As an aside, nickname was Carty, shortened from Cart Horse which he got in school due to his strength. He was my grandfather and lived with my family when I was in school.
He served as the head football coach at the University of Connecticut in 1920.[2]
After playing baseball in the International League, Swartz was hired as the head football coach and head basketball coach at Lycoming College–then known as Dickinson Seminary–in 1923.[3] His football teams achieved a record of 54 wins, 27 losses, and 4 at Dickinson.[4]
Swartz later served as the head football coach (1930–1941) and head men's basketball (1930–1942) at Juniata College in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania.[5]
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