Harry Trotter
Trotter pictured in Southern Campus 1923, UCLA yearbook | |
Biographical details | |
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Born | (1890-10-18)October 18, 1890 Kansas, U.S. |
Died | December 28, 1954(1954-12-28) (aged 64) Beverly Hills, California, U.S. |
Playing career | |
Track and field | |
c. 1910 | USC |
Position(s) | Shot putter |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1916–1917 | Manual Arts HS (CA) |
1918–1919 | Pasadena HS (CA) |
1920–1922 | Southern Branch |
1943–1944 | Willamette |
Basketball | |
1943–? | Willamette |
Track and field | |
1920–1946 | Southern Branch / UCLA |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 7–16–1 (college football) |
Harry Elbert "Cap" Trotter (October 18, 1890 – December 28, 1954)[1] was an American football, basketball, and track and field coach. He served as the head football the Southern Branch of the University of California—now known as the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)—from 1920 to 1922 and at Willamette University from 1943 to 1944, compiling a career college football record of 7–16–1. He was inducted into the Ventura County Sports Hall of Fame in 1989.[2]
Coaching career
UCLA began to play in the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) in 1920, and competed against Occidental College, California Institute of Technology, University of Redlands, Whittier College, and Pomona College. Coach Trotter's two wins were against Redlands and San Diego State University, which did not join the SCIAC until 1926.
Head coaching record
College football
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Southern Branch Cubs (Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1920–1922) | |||||||||
1920 | Southern Branch | 0–5 | 0–5 | 6th | |||||
1921 | Southern Branch | 0–5 | 0–5 | 6th | |||||
1922 | Southern Branch | 2–3–1 | 1–3–1 | T–4th | |||||
Southern Branch: | 2–13–1 | 1–13–1 | |||||||
Willamette Bearcats (Northwest Conference) (1943–1944) | |||||||||
1943 | Willamette | 2–1 | NA | NA | |||||
1944 | Willamette | 3–2 | NA | NA | |||||
Willamette: | 5–3 | ||||||||
Total: | 7–16–1 |
References
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- Mike Maynard (2013–2017)
- Avery Anderson (2018– )
- Harry Trotter (1919–1946)
- Elvin C. Drake (1946–1964)
- Jim Bush (1965–1984)
- Bob Larsen (1985–1999)
- Art Venegas (2000–2009)
- Mike Maynard (2010–2012)
- John Frazier (2014–2017)
- Pat Daniels (1975–?)
- Bob Kersee (1985–1993)
- Jeanette Bolden (1994–2013)
- John Henry Johnson Jr. (2014)
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