Walter Durant Berry (September 3, 1870 – July 9, 1953)[1] was an American college football coach. He was the first head football coach at the University of Cincinnati, serving from 1894 to 1895 and compiling a record of 6–6.[2] Berry later worked as a doctor in New England. In 1903, he married Helen Warren Upham.
![]() Berry pictured in The Cincinnatian 1895, Cincinnati yearbook | |
Biographical details | |
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Born | Warren, Massachusetts, U.S. | September 3, 1870
Died | July 9, 1953 | (aged 82)
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1891–1893 | Centre |
1894–1895 | Cincinnati |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 19–7 |
Berry had previously been a head football coach at Centre College in Danville, Kentucky from 1981 to 1893, compiling a record of 13 wins and 1 loss.[3] He died in 1953.[4]
Head coaching record
editYear | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Centre (Independent) (1891–1893) | |||||||||
1891 | Centre | 4–0 | |||||||
1892 | Centre | 6–0 | |||||||
1893 | Centre | 4–1 | |||||||
Centre: | 13–1 | ||||||||
Cincinnati (Independent) (1894–1895) | |||||||||
1894 | Cincinnati | 3–3 | |||||||
1895 | Cincinnati | 3–3 | |||||||
Cincinnati: | 6–6 | ||||||||
Total: | 19–7 |
References
edit- ^ W. Durant Berry Biographical Information. Family Search: Mormon Database. Retrieved on March 5, 2016.
- ^ W. Durant Berry Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine. College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved on March 5, 2016
- ^ Grace, Kevin (2003). Cincinnati Hoops. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9780738532011. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
- ^ "United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP8D-S82P : 5 December 2018), Walter D Berry, 12 Oct 1917; citing Military Service, NARA microfilm publication 76193916 (St. Louis: National Archives and Records Administration, 1985), various roll numbers.