Harry Varner

Harry Varner

Varner pictured in Corks and Curls 1916, Virginia yearbook
Sport(s) Football
Biographical details
Born (1885-12-18)December 18, 1885
Warrenton, Virginia
Died November 3, 1970(1970-11-03) (aged 84)
El Paso, Texas
Playing career
1906 Virginia Tech
Position(s) Tackle
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1915 Virginia
Head coaching record
Overall 8–1

Statistics

Harry Howard Varner (December 18, 1885 – November 3, 1970) was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Virginia for one season in 1915, compiling a record of 8–1. Varner was born in Warrenton, Virginia in 1885.[1][2] He later worked as a surgeon in El Paso, Texas. He died there after suffering from prostate cancer in 1970.[3][4]

Head coaching record

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Virginia Cavaliers (South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1915)
1915 Virginia 8–1 2–0 T–1st
Virginia: 8–1 2–0
Total: 8–1
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title

References

  1. Barton, R.T. (1916). A History of the Class of 1914, University of Virginia 1. Class. Retrieved 2015-04-14.
  2. Martin, L.G.; Hardie, J. (1988). John Hardie of Thornhill and his family. Thornhill Foundation. ISBN 9780962000003. Retrieved 2015-04-14.
  3. "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976 Image Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976; pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-25174-10006-60 FamilySearch.org". familysearch.org. Retrieved 2015-04-14.
  4. Texas Medical Association (1971). Texas Medicine. Texas Medical Association. Retrieved 2015-04-14.

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