George McCaa explained

George McCaa
Birth Date:8 March 1884
Birth Place:Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Death Place:Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Player Sport1:Football
Player Years2:1908–1909
Player Team2:Lafayette
Player Positions:Fullback
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1910
Coach Team2:Whitman
Coach Years3:1911
Coach Team3:New Hampshire
Coach Years4:1912–1913
Coach Team4:Lafayette
Coach Years5:1914–1915
Coach Team5:Muhlenberg
Coach Sport6:Basketball
Coach Years7:1914–1917
Coach Team7:Muhlenberg
Coach Sport8:Baseball
Coach Years9:1914–1915
Coach Team9:Muhlenberg
Overall Record:14–23–5 (football, Whitman)
19–15 (basketball)
9–18 (baseball)
Awards:2× third-team All-American (1908, 1909)

George Shiffer McCaa (March 8, 1884 – November 28, 1960) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach.

Biography

McCaa was born on March 8, 1884, in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.[1] He played college football for Lafayette College of Easton, Pennsylvania, as a fullback in 1908 and 1909. He also played basketball and baseball, and ran track.

McCaa served as the head football coach at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington, in 1910. He began the 1911 season as head football coach at New Hampshire,[2] but resigned after three games to become supervisor of athletics and assistant football coach at Lafayette.[3] He served as head football coach at Lafayette during 1912 and 1913, and at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania, during 1914 and 1915.

McCaa died at the age of 76 on November 28, 1960, at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh.[4]

Head coaching record

Football

Resigned after 3 games

Notes and References

  1. News: . New Muhlenberg Coach is Making Good . . April 5, 1914 . February 24, 2014 .
  2. News: Football Coach . . . 1 . 1 . 1 . September 20, 1911 . November 29, 2024 . UNH.edu.
  3. News: Coach to Leave . . . 1 . 4 . 1 . October 11, 1911 . November 29, 2024 . UNH.edu.
  4. News: George S. McCaa . . . November 29, 1960 . December 21, 2011.