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.
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]
Resigned after 3 games