George Little (American football coach)

George Edkin Little was an American football player, and coach of football, basketball, and baseball, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at the University of Cincinnati , Miami University , the University of Michigan , and the University of WisconsinMadison , compiling a career college football record of 54164. Little was also the head basketball coach at Cincinnati and Miami , tallying a career college basketball mark of 4738. In addition to coaching, he served as the athletic director at Wisconsin and Rutgers University and as the Executive Secretary of the National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame. Little was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1955.

Little was born in May 1889 in Washington, D.C. His father, George Little, was a Pennsylvania native and a school teacher. His mother, Marion Little, was also a Pennsylvania native. He had a younger brother, Howard Little , and a younger sister, Elizabeth Little . At the time of the 1900 United States Census, the family was living in Wolf Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.

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