| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1876-04-04)April 4, 1876 Lykens, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | January 11, 1941(1941-01-11) (aged 64) Johnstown, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Lafayette College |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1903 | West Virginia |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 7–1 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
| |
Harry Edgar Trout (April 4, 1876 – January 11, 1941) was an American football coach. He serve as the ninth head football coach at West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia and he held that position for the 1903 season. His coaching record at West Virginia was 7–1.
Trout was the first coach at West Virginia to record a victory over rival Washington and Jefferson College with a 6–0 win on November 26, 1903. The game marked not only the first victory over Washington and Jefferson, but the first time after nine attempts West Virginia had managed to score against the "Presidents".
Trout graduated from Lafayette College in 1903 and married Jane McBride of Portland, Oregon in January 1913 at Chicago. Trout later worked for a steel company in Pennsylvania. From 1936 to 1938 he served on the Lafayette College board of trustees. He died January 11, 1941, in Johnstown and was buried in Granview Cemetery in that city.
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia Mountaineers (Independent) (1903) | |||||||||
| 1903 | West Virginia | 7–1 | |||||||
| West Virginia: | 7–1 | ||||||||
| Total: | 7–1 | ||||||||
References
- West Virginia Mountaineers football coaching records Archived October 25, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- College Football Data Warehouse Archived 2011-05-25 at the Wayback Machine West Virginia vs Washington & Jefferson (PA)
- "The Monticola". Retrieved September 15, 2015.
- Phi Delta Theta Fraternity (1914). The Scroll of Phi Delta Theta. Vol. 38. Phi Delta Theta Fraternity. ISSN 0036-9799. Retrieved September 15, 2015.
- Denis Larionov & Alexander Zhulin. "Ebook Biographical catalogue of Lafayette college, 1832-1912 by John Franklin Stonecipher - read online or download for free". ebooksread.com. Retrieved September 15, 2015.
- Gendebien, Albert W. (1986). The Biography of a College: A History of Lafayette College 1927 - 1978. Easton, PA: Lafayette College.
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