Homer Prendergast
| Auburn Tigers | |
|---|---|
| Position | Halfback, quarterback |
| Class | Graduate |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | April 20, 1893 Marshall, Texas, U.S. |
| Died: | June 3, 1975 (aged 82) Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Career history | |
| College | Auburn (1913–1916) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| |
Finis Homer "Boosky" Prendergast Jr. (April 20, 1893 – June 3, 1975) was an American college football player and high school football coach.
Playing career[edit]
Auburn University[edit]
Prendergast was a prominent running back for Mike Donahue's Auburn Tigers football team of Auburn University from 1913 to 1916. He also punted.
1915
He was selected All-Southern in 1915.[1]
1916
Prendergast was selected All-Southern again in 1916.[2]
Coaching career[edit]
In 1923, Prendergast was hired as backfield and ends coach for the football team at the College of Marshall—now known as East Texas Baptist University—in Marshall, Texas.[3]
In 1926, Prendergast was hired as an athletic coach and English teacher at Shreveport High School in Shreveport, Louisiana.[4] After coaching at Shreveport's C. E. Byrd High School, Prendergast became head coach at Fair Park High School, also in Shreveport, in 1935.[5] He remained at Fair Park until his retirement from coaching in 1958.[6] In his 23 years as Fair Park's head football coach, Prendergast compiled a 154–78–13 (.655) record and lead his team to a Louisiana High School Athletic Association (LHSAA) state championship in 1952.[7]
Death[edit]
Prendergast died on June 3, 1975, at Virginia Hall Nursing Home in Shreveport.[8]
References[edit]
- ^ Dick Jemison (November 30, 1915). "Composite All-Southern Of Ten Of The Dopesters". Atlanta Constitution. p. 10. Retrieved March 5, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
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"All-Southern Football Team As Picked By Sport Writers". Augusta Chronicle. December 3, 1916.
- ^ "C. O. M. Football Team To Train On Caddo Lake". The Marshall Morning News. Marshall, Texas. August 25, 1923. p. 8. Retrieved May 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Prendergast Is Named Coach Of Shreveport High". The Marshall Messenger. Marshall, Texas. September 23, 1926. p. 6. Retrieved May 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Joins Byrd Staff". The Times. Shreveport, Louisiana. March 10, 1935. p. 2A. Retrieved May 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ Byrd, Jerry (May 8, 1958). "Records Broken on Byrd Oval". Shreveport Journal. Shreveport, Louisiana. p. 10A. Retrieved May 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ Jerry Byrd's Football Country (1981), pp. 103–106, 154–157
- ^ "Former Fair Park Coach Dies". The Times. Shreveport, Louisiana. June 4, 1975. p. 13A. Retrieved May 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
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