George Gardner (coach)

George Gardner
Biographical details
Born	September 28, 1898; Greene County, Iowa
Died	January 1974 (aged 75); Arkansas City, Kansas
Playing career
Basketball
1919–1922	Southwestern (KS)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1925–1929	McPherson
Basketball
1930–1933	Washburn
1937–1939	Southwestern (KS)
Head coaching record
Overall	10–25–4 (football); 60–36 (basketball)

George D. Gardner (September 28, 1898 – January, 1974) was an American football and basketball coach. He was the head football coach at McPherson College in McPherson, Kansas, serving for five seasons, from 1925 until 1929, and compiling a record of 10–25–4.^[1]

In 1937, Gardner was named basketball coach at Southwestern College in Winfield, Kansas. At the time he had been working as an insurance agent at Arkansas City, Kansas, where he continued to work when not on coaching duty.^[2]

References

^ "McPherson College Football Media Guide 2010" (PDF). McPherson College Athletics. Retrieved November 10, 2010.
^ "Southwestern Coach". Lawrence Journal-World. Lawrence, Kansas. Associated Press. May 8, 1937. p. 6. Retrieved October 1, 2017 – via Google News.

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[1] "McPherson College Football Media Guide 2010" (PDF). McPherson College Athletics. Retrieved November 10, 2010.

[2] "Southwestern Coach". Lawrence Journal-World. Lawrence, Kansas. Associated Press. May 8, 1937. p. 6. Retrieved October 1, 2017 – via Google News.

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