Joseph Gibson "Beersheba" Pritchard (May 15, 1886 – July 14, 1947) was an American college football player and coach. Pritchard played for the Vanderbilt Commodores of Vanderbilt University. He was selected All-Southern in 1905 and 1906.[1] He stood 6 foot 2 inches and weighed 185 pounds.[2] Pritchard served as the head football coach at Louisiana State University (LSU) for part of one season in 1909, compiling a record is 4–1.[3] He graduated from Vanderbilt in 1906 with a dental degree (DDS). A member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity,[4] he was later a Presbyterian dental missionary at Luebo in the Congo until he was forced to return to the United States due to poor health sometime before 1915.[5]
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 15, 1886 Sharon, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Died | July 14, 1947 (aged 61) Sunflower County, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1904–1906 | Vanderbilt |
| Position(s) | Tackle |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1909 | LSU |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 4–1 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
| 2× All-Southern (1905, 1906) 1912 All-time Vandy 1st team | |
In 1912, Pritchard married Annie Milicent Landrey of Jeanerette, Louisiana.[6]
Head coaching record
edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LSU Tigers (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1909) | |||||||||
| 1909 | LSU | 4–1* | 2–1* | ||||||
| LSU: | 4–1 | 2–1 | *Last 3 games were coached by John W. Mayhew. | ||||||
| Total: | 4–1 | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ e.g. "Surprises The Rule During Past Season". The Atlanta Constitution. December 2, 1906.
- ^ "The Football Season of 1904". Vanderbilt University Quarterly. 5: 62–69.
- ^ "LSU Year-by-Year Records" (PDF). lsusports.net. p. 107. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 19, 2018. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
- ^ "The Catalogue of the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity, Page 38 | Document Viewer". Archived from the original on November 2, 2014. Retrieved November 1, 2014.
- ^ Vanderbilt University (1915). "Faculty-Senior Dinner, Maxwell House, April 16, 1915". Vanderbilt University Quarterly. 15: 108–112.
- ^ Vanderbilt, University (1913). Vanderbilt University Quarterly [Volume 13]. Nashville, Tennessee: Vanderbilt University. p. 71. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
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