Herman Sayger
American football and basketball coach (1895–1970)
Biographical details | |
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Born | (1895-01-03)January 3, 1895 Jonesboro, Arkansas, U.S. |
Died | January 24, 1970(1970-01-24) (aged 75) New Bedford, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Playing career | |
Football | |
1916–1919 | Heidelberg |
Position(s) | Quarterback |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1917 | Heidelberg |
1920 | Barberton HS (OH) |
1921–1923 | Akron (assistant) |
1924–1929 | Heidelberg |
Basketball | |
1924–1930 | Heidelberg |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 29–18–4 (college football) 41–33 (college basketball) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
Football 1 OAC (1928) | |
Herman Earl Sayger (January 3, 1895 – January 24, 1970) was an American football and basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at Heidelberg College in 1917 and from 1924 to 1929.[1]
Sayger died on January 24, 1970, at Bedford County Memorial Hospital in New Bedford, Pennsylvania.[2]
Heidelberg has named the gymnasium building in his honor.
Head coaching record
College football
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Heidelberg (Independent) (1917) | |||||||||
1917 | Heidelberg | 5–1–1 | |||||||
Heidelberg Student Princes (Ohio Athletic Conference) (1924–1929) | |||||||||
1924 | Heidelberg | 3–3–2 | 3–2–2 | T–7th | |||||
1925 | Heidelberg | 4–4 | 3–4 | T–12th | |||||
1926 | Heidelberg | 3–4 | 2–4 | 15th | |||||
1927 | Heidelberg | 4–3 | 4–2 | T–7th | |||||
1928 | Heidelberg | 6–0–1 | 6–0–1 | 1st | |||||
1929 | Heidelberg | 4–3 | 2–0 | 2nd | |||||
Heidelberg: | 29–18–4 | 20–12–3 | |||||||
Total: | 29–18–4 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth |
References
- ^ Who's Who in American Sports. National Biographical Society. 1928. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
- ^ "Sayger, Former Heidelberg College AD, Dies". Piqua Daily Call. Piqua, Ohio. Associated Press. January 26, 1970. p. 9. Retrieved May 10, 2019 – via Newspapers.com
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Heidelberg Student Princes head football coaches
- J. C. Loomis (1892)
- Roger Sherman (1893)
- No team (1894)
- John Schmidlin (1895)
- William B. Duttera (1896)
- Fred G. Williams (1897)
- No team (1898)
- Howard B. Diefenbach (1899)
- M. F. Hall (1900)
- Howard B. Diefenbach (1901)
- G. M. Howland (1902)
- Forrest M. Hall (1903)
- Caleb M. Sickles (1904–1908)
- Ed E. Zechiel (1909)
- Joseph Lantry (1910)
- Joe Collins (1911–1912)
- Robert Beck (1913)
- Ike Martin (1914–1916)
- Herman Sayger (1917)
- James O. Newton (1918–1920)
- Carl Eggebrecht (1921–1923)
- Herman Sayger (1924–1929)
- Ted Turney (1930–1945)
- Paul Hoernemann (1946–1959)
- Bob Winterburn (1960–1961)
- Joe Malmisur (1962–1968)
- James Getz (1969)
- Jack Murphy (1970)
- Armin Riesen (1971–1975)
- Bob Rankin (1976–1977)
- John Spezzaferro (1978–1980)
- Phillip Morse (1981–1983)
- Dick West (1975–1997)
- Larry Shank (1998–2001)
- John Cervino (2002)
- Brian Cochran (2003–2006)
- Mike Hallett (2007–2015)
- Scott Donaldson (2016– )