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  • Herb McCracken
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  • G. Herbert McCracken (June 20, 1899 – March 11, 1995) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at Allegheny College from 1921 to 1923 and at Lafayette College from 1924 to 1935, compiling a career college football record of 75–48–7. His 1926 Lafayette Leopards team was recognized as a national champion by Parke H. Davis.
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CFbDWID
  • 1515
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CFBHOF year
  • 1973
Poll
  • no
EndYear
  • 1923
  • 1928
  • 1935
Birth Date
  • 1899-06-20
player years
  • 1918
death place
overall record
  • 75
Name
Type
  • coach
Sport
CFBHOF id
  • 20001
Conference
  • 1.0
  • T–1st
Ranking
  • no
Overall
  • 2
  • 3
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 9
  • 16
  • 59
  • 75
Date of Death
  • 1995-03-11
Championship
  • conference
  • national
player teams
Birth Place
coach years
  • 1921
  • 1924
conf
  • Independent
  • Middle Three Conference
StartYear
  • 1921
  • 1924
  • 1929
Awards
death date
  • 1995-03-11
Place of Birth
coach teams
Place of death
ID
  • 20001
bcs
  • no
Championships
  • 1
  • 3
Date of Birth
  • 1899-06-20
Short Description
  • American football player and coach
player positions
Year
  • 1921
  • 1922
  • 1923
  • 1924
  • 1925
  • 1926
  • 1927
  • 1928
  • 1929
  • 1930
  • 1931
  • 1932
  • 1933
  • 1934
  • 1935
abstract
  • G. Herbert McCracken (June 20, 1899 – March 11, 1995) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at Allegheny College from 1921 to 1923 and at Lafayette College from 1924 to 1935, compiling a career college football record of 75–48–7. His 1926 Lafayette Leopards team was recognized as a national champion by Parke H. Davis. McCracken played football at the University of Pittsburgh from 1918 to 1920 under coach "Pop" Warner and was a member of Pittsburgh's 1918 national championship team. He was also a brother of the Delta Tau Delta Fraternity at Pitt. McCracken was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1973.