Henry Richard Schenker (April 21, 1882 – May 3, 1922) was an American college football and college baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Texas at Austin in 1906 and at Mercer University in 1907, compiling a career college football head coaching record of 12–4. Schenker was also the head baseball coach at Texas in the spring of 1907, tallying a mark of 16–8.[1]
 Schenker pictured c. 1906 at Texas | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 21, 1882 Holyoke, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | May 3, 1922 (aged 40) Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Yale University |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1906 | Texas |
| 1907 | Mercer |
| Baseball | |
| 1907 | Texas |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 12–4 (football) 16–8 (baseball) |
Schenker was born on April 21, 1882, in Holyoke, Massachusetts.[2] He graduated from Yale University in 1905. He died on May 3, 1922, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, after suffering from liver cancer.[3][4]
Head coaching record
editFootball
edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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| Texas Longhorns (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1906) | |||||||||
| 1906 | Texas | 9–1 | 1–1 | T–8th | |||||
| Texas: | 9–1 | 1–1 | |||||||
| Mercer Baptists (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1907) | |||||||||
| 1907 | Mercer | 3–3 | 0–3 | 11th | |||||
| Mercer: | 3–3 | 0–3 | |||||||
| Total: | 12–4 | ||||||||
Baseball
edit| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Longhorns (Southwestern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1907) | |||||||||
| 1907 | Texas | 16–8 | 15–6 | ||||||
| Texas: | 16–8 (.667) | 15–6 (.714) | |||||||
| Total: | 16–8 (.667) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
edit- ^ "Texas Baseball History 2018 Fact Book" (PDF). Texas Sports. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2019. Retrieved October 25, 2019.
- ^ Denis Larionov & Alexander Zhulin. "Read the ebook History of Idaho : the gem of the mountains (Volume 4) by James H. Hawley". Ebooksread.com. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
- ^ "Death Summons H. R. Schenker". The Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. May 5, 1922. p. 9. Retrieved November 30, 2020 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ Yale University: Obituary Record of Graduates Deceased During the Year Ending July 1, 1922. 1921. pp. 484–6.
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