Abraham J. Sharadin | |
Birth Date: | 21 January 1886 |
Alma Mater: | Bloomsburg Normal (1911) |
Player Sport1: | Basketball |
Player Years2: | 1906–1907 |
Player Team2: | Kutztown |
Player Sport3: | Baseball |
Player Years4: | 1915 |
Player Team4: | Chambersburg Maroons |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1912 |
Coach Team2: | Connecticut |
Coach Years3: | 1913–1914 |
Coach Team3: | California (PA) |
Coach Years4: | 1920 |
Coach Team4: | Defiance |
Coach Years5: | 1921–1922 |
Coach Team5: | Cumberland Valley State Normal |
Coach Years6: | 1923–1931 |
Coach Team6: | Ford City HS (PA) |
Coach Sport7: | Basketball |
Coach Years8: | 1920–1921 |
Coach Team8: | Defiance |
Coach Years9: | 1923–1931 |
Coach Team9: | Ford City HS (PA) |
Coach Sport10: | Baseball |
Coach Years11: | 1922–1923 |
Coach Team11: | Shippensburg |
Overall Record: | 16–11–1 (college football) 8–10 (college basketball) |
Abraham Jacob Sharadin (January 21, 1886 – 1964) was an American football, basketball and baseball player and coach.[1] He served as the head football coach at the University of Connecticut in 1912, at Defiance College in Defiance, Ohio in 1920, and Cumberland Valley State Normal School—now known as Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania—from 1921 to 1922, compiling a career college football coaching record of 16–11–1. Sharadin was also as the head basketball coach at Defiance during the 1920–21 season, tallying a mark of 8–10.[2] In 1923, he left the college ranks and began successful run at Ford City High School in Ford City, Pennsylvania, where he led the basketball and football teams from 1923 to 1931.[3]
Sharadin played minor league baseball for the Chambersburg Maroons in 1915.[4]