Glenn Scobey Warner


Glenn Scobey Warner , most commonly known as Pop Warner, was an American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at the University of Georgia , Iowa State University , Cornell University , the Carlisle Indian Industrial School , the University of Pittsburgh , Stanford University , and Temple University , compiling a career college football record of 31910632.

Glenn Scobey Warner was born on April 5, 1871, in Springville, New York. He graduated from Cornell University in 1894, where he took part in track and field, boxing, and American football. He played football during his last two years as a student and had no previous training in the sport. He captained the 1894 team playing as a guard and accumulated a record of 641. That year Cornell lost to Michigan, marking the first occasion that team was able to beat an Ivy League team. Warner was known as Pop because he was the oldest player on the Cornell team. After graduation Warner briefly worked as an attorney in Buffalo, New York.

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