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American football player and coach (1884–1935)

Prex Merrill
"Prex" Merrill pictured in Monticola 1913, West Virginia University yearbook
Biographical details
Born(1884-01-15)January 15, 1884
De Kalb Junction, New York, U.S.
DiedFebruary 23, 1935(1935-02-23) (aged 51)
Elkins, West Virginia, U.S.
Alma materColgate University
West Virginia University
Yale University
Playing career
1909West Virginia
Position(s)Back
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1910Broaddus
Head coaching record
Overall1–3

Austin Cook "Prex" Merrill (January 15, 1884 – February 23, 1935) was an American football coach. Merrill was the head football coach at Alderson–Broaddus College in Philippi, West Virginia. He held that position for the 1910 season. His coaching record at Alderson–Broaddus was 1–3. Merrill also coached at Bethany College in West Virginia. He later worked as a lawyer.

Merrill attended West Virginia University, graduating in law in 1912 as well as Yale University, where he received his A.B. He was a member of the Phi Kappa Psi and Theta Nu Epsilon fraternities while at WVU.

Merrill died of a heart attack due to coronary thrombosis in 1935. At the time of his death, Merrill was serving as a Clerk for the U.S. District Court for Northern West Virginia.

References

  1. http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1935-36.pdf Archived June 9, 2019, at the Wayback Machine
  2. DeLassus, David. "Broaddus College Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on December 11, 2011. Retrieved February 16, 2012.
  3. "World History Encyclopedia".
  4. "The Monticola". Chicago, A.L. Swift & Co. 1896.
  5. "Bethanian, 1912". Bethany College. 1912.
  6. http://phikappapsi.archeios.com/files/2012/03/1914-15_vol-35_no-1-6.pdf
  7. "West Virginia Vital Research Records - Record Image".
  8. "Austin C Merrill, U.S. Court Clerk, Is Dead, Charleston Gazette, February 23, 1935, Charleston, West Virginia
Alderson Broaddus Battlers head football coaches
Broaddus
(1905–1931)
Alderson
(1921–1931)
  • Unknown (1921–1922)
  • Stewart (1923)
  • Unknown (1924–1929)
  • No team (1930–1931)
Alderson Broaddus
(1932–2022)


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