Homer Prendergast
American football player and coach (1893–1975)
| Auburn Tigers | |
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| Position | Halfback, quarterback |
| Class | Graduate |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | (1893-04-20)April 20, 1893 Marshall, Texas, U.S. |
| Died: | June 3, 1975(1975-06-03) (aged 82) Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Career history | |
| College | Auburn (1913–1916) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Finis Homer "Boosky" Prendergast Jr. (April 20, 1893 – June 3, 1975) was an American college football player and high school football coach.
Playing career
Auburn University
Prendergast was a prominent running back for Mike Donahue's Auburn Tigers football team of Auburn University from 1913 to 1916. He also punted.
1915
He was selected All-Southern in 1915.[1]
1916
Prendergast was selected All-Southern again in 1916.[2]
Coaching career
In 1923, Prendergast was hired as backfield and ends coach for the football team at the College of Marshall—now known as East Texas Baptist University—in Marshall, Texas.[3]
In 1926, Prendergast was hired as an athletic coach and English teacher at Shreveport High School in Shreveport, Louisiana.[4] After coaching at Shreveport's C. E. Byrd High School, Prendergast became head coach at Fair Park High School, also in Shreveport, in 1935.[5] He remained at Fair Park until his retirement from coaching in 1958.[6] In his 23 years as Fair Park's head football coach, Prendergast compiled a 154–78–13 (.655) record and lead his team to a Louisiana High School Athletic Association (LHSAA) state championship in 1952.[7]
Death
Prendergast died on June 3, 1975, at Virginia Hall Nursing Home in Shreveport.[8]
References
- ^ Dick Jemison (November 30, 1915). "Composite All-Southern Of Ten Of The Dopesters". Atlanta Constitution. p. 10. Retrieved March 5, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
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"All-Southern Football Team As Picked By Sport Writers". Augusta Chronicle. December 3, 1916. - ^ "C. O. M. Football Team To Train On Caddo Lake". The Marshall Morning News. Marshall, Texas. August 25, 1923. p. 8. Retrieved May 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Prendergast Is Named Coach Of Shreveport High". The Marshall Messenger. Marshall, Texas. September 23, 1926. p. 6. Retrieved May 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Joins Byrd Staff". The Times. Shreveport, Louisiana. March 10, 1935. p. 2A. Retrieved May 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ Byrd, Jerry (May 8, 1958). "Records Broken on Byrd Oval". Shreveport Journal. Shreveport, Louisiana. p. 10A. Retrieved May 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ Jerry Byrd's Football Country (1981), pp. 103–106, 154–157
- ^ "Former Fair Park Coach Dies". The Times. Shreveport, Louisiana. June 4, 1975. p. 13A. Retrieved May 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
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Auburn Tigers starting quarterbacks
- Frank Lupton (1892)
- Shel Toomer (1892)
- J.C. Dunham (1893)
- Dutch Dorsey (1893)
- Reynolds Tichenor (1894–1896)
- Ed Huguley (1897–1900)
- C.J. Williams (1901)
- Zac Smith (1902–1903)
- "Runt" Perkins (1904, 1906)
- Royden Stanley (1906–1908)
- Tom McLure (1906–1908)
- Kirk Newell (1911–1913)
- Tom Wingo (1911)
- Rip Major (1912)
- Ted Arnold (1913)
- Legare Hairston (1914)
- Kenny Caughman (2015)
- Homer Prendergast (1915–1916)
- Pat Jones (1916)
- Carey Robinson (1917)
- Frank Stubbs (1918, 1920)
- John Trapp (1919)
- Charles Scott (1919)
- Red Brown (1920)
- Charles Gibson (1921–1922)
- S.D. Peterson (1923–1924)
- Frank Tuxworth (1925)
- Frankie Bogue (1925)
- Pat Moulton (1926)
- W.A. Hodges (1927)
- Porter Callahan (1928)
- Khaki Robinson (1929–1930)
- Chattie Davidson (1931)
- Ripper Williams (1932–1933)
- Billy Hitchcock (1936)
- Lloyd Cheatham (1941)
- James McDaniel (1946–1947)
- Travis Tidwell (1948–1949)
- Bill Tucker (1950)
- Allan Parks (1950–1951)
- Dudley Spence (1952)
- Vince Dooley (1953)
- Bobby Freeman (1953–1954)
- Howell Tubbs (1955–1956)
- Lloyd Nix (1957–1958)
- Richard Wood (1958–1959)
- Bryant Harvard (1959–1960)
- Bobby Hunt (1961)
- Mailon Kent (1962)
- Jimmy Sidle (1962–1964)
- Joe Campbell (1964)
- Tom Bryan (1965)
- Alex Bowden (1965)
- Larry Blakeney (1966)
- Loran Carter (1966–1968)
- Pat Sullivan (1969–1971)
- Randy Walls (1972–1973)
- Wade Whatley (1973)
- Phil Gargis (1974–1976)
- John Crane (1977)
- Charlie Trotman (1978–1979)
- Joe Sullivan (1980–1981)
- Ken Hobby (1981)
- Randy Campbell (1982–1983)
- Pat Washington (1984–1985)
- Jeff Burger (1985–1987)
- Reggie Slack (1988–1989)
- Stan White (1990–1993)
- Patrick Nix (1994–1995)
- Dameyune Craig (1996–1997)
- Gabe Gross (1998)
- Ben Leard (1998–2000)
- Jeff Klein (1999)
- Daniel Cobb (2001–2002)
- Jason Campbell (2001–2004)
- Brandon Cox (2005–2007)
- Kodi Burns (2008)
- Chris Todd (2008–2009)
- Cam Newton (2010)
- Barrett Trotter (2011)
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- Jeremy Johnson (2013–2016)
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- John Franklin III (2016)
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- Bo Nix (2019–2021)
- T. J. Finley (2021–2022)
- Robby Ashford (2022–2023)
- Payton Thorne (2023)
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