Stephen G. O'Rourke

Stephen Grover O'Rourke (April 26, 1887 – September 22, 1944) was an American football and basketball coach and Major League Baseball (MLB) scout. He served as the head football coach at Little Rock College in Little Rock, Arkansas from 1908 to 1910, the College of St. Thomas—now known as the University of St. Thomas—in Saint Paul, Minnesota from 1914 to 1915, St. Mary's College—now known as Saint Mary's Academy and College—in St. Marys, Kansas from 1915 to 1920 and again from 1934 to 1928, and Saint Louis University from 1931 to 1922.^[1]

Stephen G. O'Rourke

Biographical details
Born	(1893-09-13)September 13, 1893 Rochester, New York, U.S.
Died	September 22, 1944(1944-09-22) (aged 51) Denver, Colorado, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1907	Holy Cross
Basketball
1907–1908	Holy Cross
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1908–1910	Little Rock
1913–1914	St. Thomas (MN)
1915–1920	St. Mary's (KS)
1921–1922	Saint Louis
1923–1928	St. Mary's (KS)
Basketball
1921–1922	Saint Louis
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1915–?	St. Mary's (KS)
1920?–193?	Detroit Tigers (scout)
1939–1944	New York Yankees (scout)
Head coaching record
Overall	70–54–8 (football)

O'Rourke became a scout for the Detroit Tigers in the 1920s and the New York Yankees in 1939. He died from a lingering heart ailment on September 22, 1944, at Saint Joseph Hospital in Denver.^[2]

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Little Rock Eagles (Independent) (1908–1910)
1908	Little Rock	0–1
1909	Little Rock	4–1
1910	Little Rock	2–5–1
Little Rock:		6–7–1
St. Thomas Cadets (Independent) (1913–1914)
1913	St. Thomas	4–0
1914	St. Thomas	7–2
St. Thomas:		11–2
St. Mary's Knights (Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference) (1915–1920)
1915	St. Mary's	3–5	1–4	13th
1916	St. Mary's	4–3–1	2–3–1	10th
1917	St. Mary's	6–3	4–2	T–4th
1918	St. Mary's	1–1
1919	St. Mary's	6–2	3–2	T–5th
1920	St. Mary's	6–2	4–2	4th
Saint Louis Billikens (Independent) (1921–1922)
1921	Saint Louis	4–4–1
1922	Saint Louis	6–3–1
Saint Louis:		10–7–2
St. Mary's Knights (Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference) (1923–1928)
1923	St. Mary's	4–4	3–4	11th
1924	St. Mary's	3–4	2–4	13th
1925	St. Mary's	4–3–1	3–3–1	T–8th
1926	St. Mary's	2–5	2–5	T–12th
1927	St. Mary's	4–3	4–3	8th
1928	St. Mary's	2–3–3	2–2–3	6th
St. Marys:		43–38–5
Total:		70–54–8

References

1. Who's Who in American Sports. National Biographical Society. 1928. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
2. "Yankee Scout Passes Away". San Francisco Examiner. San Francisco, California. International News Service. September 24, 1944. p. 19. Retrieved December 28, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .