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 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. |
| Died | February 23, 1935(1935-02-23) (aged 51) Elkins, West Virginia, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Colgate University West Virginia University Yale University |
| Playing career | |
| 1909 | West Virginia |
| Position(s) | Back |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1910 | Broaddus |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 1–3 |
Austin Cook "Prex" Merrill (January 15, 1884 – February 23, 1935) was an American college football coach. He was the head football coach at Alderson–Broaddus College in Philippi, West Virginia for one season, in 1910, compiling a record of 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
- http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1935-36.pdf Archived June 9, 2019, at the Wayback Machine
- DeLassus, David. "Broaddus College Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on December 11, 2011. Retrieved February 16, 2012.
- "World History Encyclopedia".
- "The Monticola". Chicago, A.L. Swift & Co. 1896.
- "Bethanian, 1912". Bethany College. 1912.
- http://phikappapsi.archeios.com/files/2012/03/1914-15_vol-35_no-1-6.pdf
- "West Virginia Vital Research Records - Record Image".
- "Austin C Merrill, U.S. Court Clerk, Is Dead, Charleston Gazette, February 23, 1935, Charleston, West Virginia
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| Alderson (1921–1931) |
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| Alderson Broaddus (1932–2022) |
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- 1884 births
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- People from Carthage, New York
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