Warren Gaer
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| File:Warren Gaer.png | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 7, 1912 Lake Park, Iowa, U.S. |
| Died | January 13, 1997 (aged 84) Atlantic, Iowa, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1934 | Drake |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1946–1948 | Pepperdine |
| 1949–1958 | Drake |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 64–49–2 (college) |
| Bowls | 1–1 |
| Women's Basketball Hall of Fame | |
Warren N. Gaer (February 7, 1912 – January 13, 1997) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Pepperdine College—now known as Pepperdine University—from 1946 to 1948 and Drake University from 1949 to 1958, compiling a career college football record of 64–49–2.
Pepperdine hired Gaer to form its football program in 1945. He served as head coach there from 1946 to 1948. His teams tallied a mark of 22–6.[1] Gaer died on January 13, 1997, of cancer in his hometown of Atlantic, Iowa.[2]
Head coaching record
[edit | edit source]| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pepperdine Waves (Independent) (1946–1948) | |||||||||
| 1946 | Pepperdine | 8–1 | W Will Rogers | ||||||
| 1947 | Pepperdine | 9–0 | |||||||
| 1948 | Pepperdine | 4–5 | |||||||
| Pepperdine: | 21–6 | ||||||||
| Drake Bulldogs (Missouri Valley Conference) (1949–1951) | |||||||||
| 1949 | Drake | 6–2–1 | 3–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1950 | Drake | 6–2–1 | 1–2–1 | T–4th | |||||
| 1951 | Drake | 7–2 | 3–1 | 2nd | |||||
| Drake Bulldogs (Independent) (1952–1958) | |||||||||
| 1952 | Drake | 2–7 | |||||||
| 1953 | Drake | 4–4 | |||||||
| 1954 | Drake | 2–7 | |||||||
| 1955 | Drake | 4–4 | |||||||
| 1956 | Drake | 3–6 | |||||||
| 1957 | Drake | 7–2 | L Sun | ||||||
| 1958 | Drake | 2–7 | |||||||
| Drake: | 43–43–2 | 7–4–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 64–49–2 | ||||||||
References
[edit | edit source]External links
[edit | edit source]- Warren Gaer at Find a GraveLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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- People from Atlantic, Iowa
- People from Dickinson County, Iowa
- People from Harlan, Iowa
- Players of American football from Iowa
- Deaths from cancer in Iowa
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