Sherman W. Finger | |
Birth Date: | 4 May 1883 |
Birth Place: | Oshkosh, Wisconsin, U.S. |
Death Place: | Hennepin County, Minnesota, U.S. |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1906 |
Player Team2: | Chicago |
Player Positions: | Fullback |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1907–1923 |
Coach Team2: | Cornell (IA) |
Coach Sport3: | Basketball |
Coach Years4: | 1910–1924 |
Coach Team4: | Cornell (IA) |
Coach Sport5: | Track |
Coach Years6: | 1910–1924 |
Coach Team6: | Cornell (IA) |
Overall Record: | 57–49–9 (football) 83–82 (basketball) |
Sherman William Finger (May 4, 1883 – May 7, 1937) was an American football, basketball, and track coach. He served as the head football coach at Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa from 1907 to 1923, compiling a record of 57–49–9.[1] Finger was also Cornell's head basketball coach from 1910 to 1924, tallying a mark of 83–82.[2] He was a 1907 graduate of the University of Chicago, where he was a member of the freshman football squad in 1905.[3]