Ross Swartz

American baseball player and sports coach

Ross Swartz
Biographical details
Born1893 (1893)
Died1978 (1979)
Alma materLebanon Valley
Playing career
Baseball
1915Gettysburg Patriots
1919Reading Coal Barons
1920Reading Marines
1921–1922Reading Aces
1922Pittsfield Hillies
1922Newark Bears
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1919Connecticut (assistant)
1920Connecticut
1923–1929Dickinson Seminary
1930–1941Juniata
Basketball
1919–1921Connecticut
1923–1930Dickinson Seminary
1930–1942Juniata
Baseball
1921Connecticut
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1923–1930Dickinson Seminary
Head coaching record
Overall29–23–5 (football)

Milford Ross "Cardy" Swartz (1893 – 1978) was a minor league baseball player[1] and an American football, college basketball and college baseball coach.

As an aside, nickname was Carty, shortened from Cart Horse which he got in school due to his strength. He was my grandfather and lived with my family when I was in school.

He served as the head football coach at the University of Connecticut in 1920.[2]

After playing baseball in the International League, Swartz was hired as the head football coach and head basketball coach at Lycoming College–then known as Dickinson Seminary–in 1923.[3] His football teams achieved a record of 54 wins, 27 losses, and 4 at Dickinson.[4]

Swartz later served as the head football coach (1930–1941) and head men's basketball (1930–1942) at Juniata College in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Ross Swartz". Baseball-Reference. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
  2. ^ "UConn". University of Connecticut. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
  3. ^ Piper, John F. (December 16, 2011). Lycoming College, 1812–2012: On the Frontiers of American Education. Lexington Books. Retrieved April 7, 2019.
  4. ^ "200 MEMORIES: NOS. 11-20". Lycoming Warriors. Retrieved April 7, 2019.
  5. ^ "Juniata Basketball Records" (PDF). Juniata College. Retrieved April 7, 2019.
  • Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
  • Ross Swartz at Find a Grave
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Lycoming Warriors football coaches
  • Unknown (1895–1898)
  • Forrest Craver (1899)
  • T. Marshall West (1900–1903)
  • Unknown (1904)
  • Edward J. Hickox (1905–1906)
  • Albert W. Comfort (1907)
  • Arthur Cottrell (1908)
  • Palmer Lloyd Cordray (1909–1912)
  • Jackson M. Painter (1913)
  • Harvey Finley (1914)
  • W. Elbridge Brown & Howard Robbins (1915)
  • Harold B. Williams (1916)
  • Dan Davold Kline (1917–1919)
  • John G. Blenn (1920)
  • Donald R. Miller (1921–1922)
  • Ross Swartz (1923–1929)
  • Robert W. Heisel (1930–1931)
  • Earl Z. McKay (1932–1941)
  • No team (1942–1945)
  • T. Sherman Sanford (1946–1947)
  • George Baer (1948–1949)
  • Vincent Chimente (1950)
  • No team (1951–1953)
  • David Busey (1954–1966)
  • Budd Whitehill (1967–1971)
  • Frank Girardi (1972–2007)
  • Mike Clark (2008– )
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Juniata Eagles head football coaches
  • B. V. Cecil (1920)
  • Ronald C. Kichline (1921)
  • Carl Henry Hoffman (1922)
  • Harry Rote (1923–1924)
  • Philip Aines (1925–1926)
  • Reynold Siersema (1927–1929)
  • Ross Swartz (1930–1941)
  • P. Mike Snider (1942)
  • No team (1943–1945)
  • P. Mike Snider (1946)
  • Bill Smaltz (1947–1953)
  • Robert C. Hicks (1954–1955)
  • Kenneth Bunn (1956–1962)
  • Fred Prender (1963–1968)
  • Walt Nadzak (1969–1976)
  • Dean Rossi (1977–1979)
  • Rob Ash (1980–1988)
  • Brad Small (1989–1991)
  • Chris Coller (1992–1994)
  • Tom Gibboney (1995–1997)
  • Kevin Burke (1998–2003)
  • Darrell Alt (2004–2008)
  • Carmen Felus (2009–2010)
  • Tim Launtz (2011–2019)
  • No team (2020)
  • Josh Carter (2021– )