Elmer Burnham

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Elmer Burnham
Burnham pictured in Debris 1943, Purdue yearbook
Sport(s)	Football
Biographical details
Born	(1894-09-08)September 8, 1894 New Westbury, Massachusetts
Died	March 9, 1977(1977-03-09) (aged 82)^[1] Rochester, New York
Playing career
1910s	Springfield (MA)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1919–1934 1935–1941 1942–1943 1944–1960	South Bend Central HS (IN) Purdue (freshmen) Purdue Rochester (NY)
Head coaching record
Overall	92–56–6 (college) 118–30–8 (high school)
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse
Accomplishments and honors
Championships 1 Big Ten (1943)

Elmer Harold Burnham (September 8, 1894 – March 9, 1977) was an American football player and coach. He was the head coach at Purdue University in 1942 and 1943. Burnham's 1943 squad went 9–0 and shared the Big Ten Conference title with Michigan. From 1944 to 1960, Burnham served as the head coach at the University of Rochester, where he compiled a record of 82–48–6 in 17 seasons.^[2] Burnham served as Purdue's freshman football coach for seven years before assuming the role as varsity head coach in 1942.^[3] Before coming to Purdue, Burnham coached football at Central High School in South Bend, Indiana for 16 seasons, tallying a mark of 118–30–8.^[4]

Head coaching record

College

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	AP^#
Purdue Boilermakers (Big Ten Conference) (1942–1943)
1942	Purdue	1–8	1–4	8th
1943	Purdue	9–0	6–0	T–1st	5
Purdue:		10–8	7–4
Rochester Yellowjackets () (1944–1960)
1944	Rochester	5–3
1945	Rochester	3–4
1946	Rochester	3–4–1
1947	Rochester	6–1–1
1948	Rochester	4–4–1
1949	Rochester	3–6
1950	Rochester	1–4–3
1951	Rochester	7–1
1952	Rochester	8–0
1953	Rochester	4–3
1954	Rochester	5–3
1955	Rochester	3–5
1956	Rochester	4–4
1957	Rochester	5–3
1958	Rochester	8–0
1959	Rochester	7–1
1960	Rochester	6–2
Rochester:		82–48–6
Total:		92–56–6
National championship Conference title Conference division title
^#Rankings from final AP Poll.

References

↑
↑ "University of Rochester Athletics and Recreation: Hall of Fame". University of Rochester. Retrieved 2010-01-28.
↑ "Coach Burnham is Signed: Former Purdue Mentor Will Serve at Rochester". The New York Times. 1944-05-14. Retrieved 2010-01-28.
↑ UP (1943-10-13). "Elmer Burnham, Purdue Mentor, Isn't Too Serious". The Milwaukee Journal. Retrieved 2010-06-09.

External links

Elmer Burnham at the College Football Data Warehouse

Purdue Boilermakers head football coaches

Albert Berg (1887)
No team (1888)
George Andrew Reisner (1889)
Clinton L. Hare (1890)
Knowlton Ames (1891–1892)
D. M. Balliet (1893–1895)
Samuel M. Hammond (1896)
William H. Church (1897)
Alpha Jamison (1898–1900)
D. M. Balliet (1901)
Charles Best (1902)
Oliver Cutts (1903–1904)
Albert E. Herrnstein (1905)
Myron E. Witham (1906)
Leigh C. Turner (1907)
Frederick A. Speik (1908–1909)
Bill Horr (1910–1912)
Andy Smith (1913–1915)
Cleo A. O'Donnell (1916–1917)
A. G. Scanlon (1918–1920)
William Henry Dietz (1921)
James Phelan (1922–1929)
Noble Kizer (1930–1936)
Allen Elward (1937–1941)
Elmer Burnham (1942–1943)
Cecil Isbell (1944–1946)
Stu Holcomb (1947–1955)
Jack Mollenkopf (1956–1969)
Bob DeMoss (1970–1972)
Alex Agase (1973–1976)
Jim Young (1977–1981)
Leon Burtnett (1982–1986)
Fred Akers (1987–1990)
Jim Colletto (1991–1996)
Joe Tiller (1997–2008)
Danny Hope (2009–2012)
Patrick Higgins # (2012)
Darrell Hazell (2013– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

v t e Rochester Yellowjackets head football coaches

Edward Fauver (1917–1918) Unknown (1919–1923) Herbert A. Lorenz (1924–1925) Tom Davies (1926–1934) Dick Larkins (1935–1936) William Cox (1937–1939) Dudley DeGroot (1940–1943) Elmer Burnham (1944–1960) Donald Smith (1963–1968) Pat Stark (1969–1983) Ray Tellier (1984–1988) Rich Parrinello (1989–1997) Mark Kreydt (1998–2005) Scott Greene (2006– )

Persondata
Name	Burnham, Elmer
Alternative names	Burnham, Elmer Harold; Burnham, Elmer H.
Short description	American football player and coach
Date of birth	September 8, 1894
Place of birth	New Westbury, Massachusetts
Date of death	March 9, 1977
Place of death	Rochester, New York

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