Harry Trotter
 Trotter pictured in Southern Campus 1923, UCLA yearbook | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 18, 1890 Kansas |
| Died | December 28, 1954 (aged 64)[1] Beverly Hills, California |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1920–1922 | UCLA |
| 1943–1944 | Willamette |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 7–16–1 |
Harry Elbert "Cap" Trotter (October 18, 1890 – December 28, 1954) was an American football coach at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and Willamette University. He was inducted into the Ventura County Sports Hall of Fame in 1989.[2]
Coaching career
UCLA began to play in the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) in 1920, and competed against Occidental College, California Institute of Technology, University of Redlands, Whittier College, and Pomona College. Coach Trotter's two wins were against Redlands and San Diego State University, which did not join the SCIAC until 1926.
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCLA Bruins (Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1920–1922) | |||||||||
| 1920 | UCLA | 0–5 | 0–5 | ||||||
| 1921 | UCLA | 0–5 | 0–5 | ||||||
| 1922 | UCLA | 2–3–1 | 1–3–1 | ||||||
| UCLA: | 2–13–1 | 1–13–1 | |||||||
| Willamette Bearcats (Northwest Conference) (1943–1944) | |||||||||
| 1943 | Willamette | 2–1 | |||||||
| 1944 | Willamette | 3–2 | |||||||
| Willamette: | 5–3 | ||||||||
| Total: | 7–16–1 | ||||||||
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References
- ^ [1]
- ^ "Ventura County Sports Hall of Fame". Retrieved 2007-12-02.
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