Leo Prendergast
Leo Prendergast
Prendergast pictured in Epitome 1946, Lehigh yearbook |
Sport(s) |
Football, basketball |
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Biographical details |
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Born |
August 25, 1902 |
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Died |
September 1967 (aged 65) |
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Playing career |
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Football |
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c. 1923 |
Lafayette |
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Position(s) |
Lineman |
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Coaching career (HC unless noted) |
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Football |
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1942 |
Lehigh (line) |
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1943–1945 |
Lehigh |
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Basketball |
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1943–1946 |
Lehigh |
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Head coaching record |
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Overall |
3–15–1 (football) 9–41 (basketball) |
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Statistics |
Leo F. Prendergast (August 25, 1902 – September 1967) was an American football player and coach of football and basketball. He served as the head football coach at Lehigh University from 1943 to 1945, compiling a record of 3–15–1. Prendergast was the 20th football head coach for the Lehigh Mountain Hawks. Prendergast was also the head basketball coach at Lehigh from 1943 to 1946, tallying a mark of 9–41. He attended Lafayette College, where he played football as a lineman under Jock Sutherland, and from which he graduated in 1924.[1]
Prendergast had previously been the head football coach at Bethlehem High School (1927-1937), and after World War II was the line coach for the Bethlehem Bulldogs semi-professional football team.[2]
Head coaching record
Football
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