Ray Kirchmeyer
Playing career | |
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Football | |
1923–1925 | Columbia |
Basketball | |
1923–1926 | Columbia |
Position(s) | Fullback (football) Center (basketball) |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1928–1932 | Wagner College |
1937–1946 | Wagner College |
Basketball | |
1929–1934 | Wagner College |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 29–39–4 (football) 16–36 (basketball) |
Ray Kirchmeyer was an American football and basketball player and coach. He played college football at Columbia University from 1923 to 1925 and was later the head football and basketball coach at Wagner College on Staten Island.
Early years
Kirchmeyer attended Technical High School in Buffalo, New York, where he played football and basketball.[1]
Kirchmeyer played college football as a fullback for Columbia from 1923 to 1925.[2] In a game rated as one of the greatest upsets in Columbia's football history, Kirchmeyer ran 60 yards for a touchdown against Army in 1925.[3] He also starred for the Columbia basketball team that won the Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League championship of 1925–26.[4]
He also reportedly played professional football for Dan Blaine's Staten Island Stapletons in the National Football League.[5]
Coaching career
In September 1928, Kirchmeyer was hired as the head football coach at Wagner College on Staten Island.[6]
He served as the head football coach at Wagner College in Staten Island, New York from 1928 to 1932 and 1937 to 1946. Wagner did not field a team from 1942 to 1945 due to World War II. In 11 seasons as head football coach at Wagner, he compiled a 29–39–4 record.[7]
Kirchmeyer also practice law on Staten Island.[5]
Head coaching record
Football
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Wagner College (Metropolitan Collegiate Conference) (1928–1929) | |||||||||
1928 | Wagner College | 1–3–1 | 1–2–1 | 4th | |||||
1929 | Wagner College | 1–7 | 0–4 | 5th | |||||
Wagner College (Independent) (1930–1932) | |||||||||
1930 | Wagner College | 4–5 | |||||||
1931 | Wagner College | 3–4 | |||||||
1932 | Wagner College | 2–2–2 | |||||||
Wagner College (Independent) (1937–1946) | |||||||||
1937 | Wagner College | 0–5 | |||||||
1938 | Wagner College | 4–2 | |||||||
1939 | Wagner College | 4–1–1 | |||||||
1940 | Wagner College | 4–2 | |||||||
1941 | Wagner College | 5–1 | |||||||
1942 | No team—World War II | ||||||||
1943 | No team—World War II | ||||||||
1944 | No team—World War II | ||||||||
1945 | No team—World War II | ||||||||
1946 | Wagner College | 1–6 | |||||||
Wagner College: | 29–39–4 | 1–6–1 | |||||||
Total: | 29–39–4 |
References
- ^ "Ray Kirchmeyer Renamed Coach". The Buffalo Evening Times. January 4, 1929. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Final Game Closes Many Grid Careers". Columbia Daily Spectator. November 25, 1925. p. 1.("Another backfield star, Ray Kirchmeyer, also plays his final game tomorrow. The flashy fullback will wear the moleskins for the last time as a Columbian player.")
- ^ "Football's All-Time Top-10 Upset Victories". Columbia Lions. September 4, 2020.
- ^ "Karpe's Comment". Buffalo Evening News. February 3, 1933. p. 27 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Ray Kirchmeyer Grid Coach at Wagner Univer". The Brooklyn Citizen. March 12, 1937. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Kirchmeyer Will Coach at Wagner". The Buffalo Evening Times. September 7, 1928. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "2019 wagner College Seahawks Football Media Guide". Wagner College. 2019. pp. 75, 87.
- American football fullbacks
- Centers (basketball)
- Columbia Lions football players
- Columbia Lions men's basketball players
- Staten Island Stapletons players
- Wagner Seahawks football coaches
- Wagner Seahawks men's basketball coaches
- Players of American football from Buffalo, New York
- Basketball players from Buffalo, New York
- Lawyers from New York City
- Coaches of American football from New York (state)
- Basketball coaches from New York (state)