George Pfann

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George Pfann

Sport(s)	Football, basketball, lacrosse
Biographical details
Born	(1902-10-06)October 6, 1902 Marion, Ohio
Died	December 17, 1996(1996-12-17) (aged 90) Ithaca, New York
Playing career
Football 1921–1923	Cornell
Position(s)	Quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football 1931–1935	Swarthmore
Head coaching record
Overall	8–26–1
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse
Accomplishments and honors
Awards Football All-American, 1922 All-American, 1923

College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1957 (profile)

George R. Pfann (October 6, 1902 – December 17, 1996) was an American football player and coach. He played college football at Cornell University, where he starred as a quarterback and was twice named an All-American. Before graduating from Cornell in 1924, Pfann also played on the lacrosse and basketball teams, and was elected to the Sphinx Head Society. He then studied law at Cornell while serving as an assistant football coach and freshmen basketball coach. Pfann completed his law degree at Brasenose College, Oxford as a Rhodes scholar. From 1931 to 1935, Pfann was the head football coach at Swarthmore College, compiling a record of 8–26–1. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1957.

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall
Swarthmore Garnet Tide (Independent) (1931–1935)
1931	Swarthmore	1–6
1932	Swarthmore	2–5
1933	Swarthmore	2–4–1
1934	Swarthmore	2–5
1935	Swarthmore	1–6
Swarthmore:		8–26–1
Total:		8–26–1

References

External links

George Pfann at the College Football Hall of Fame
George Pfann at the College Football Data Warehouse

Swarthmore Garnet Tide head football coaches

No coach (1878–1879)
No team (1880–1881)
No coach (1882–1887)
Jacob K. Shell (1888–1898)
W. S. Cummings (1899)
George H. Brooke (1900–1907)
No team (1908)
George H. Brooke (1909–1912)
L. Fred Geig (1913–1914)
William Roper (1915–1916)
Leroy Mercer (1917–1930)
George Pfann (1931–1935)
Mark MacIntosh (1936–1937)
Lewis H. Elverson (1938–1941)
Carl K. Dellmuth (1942–1944)
Avery Blake (1945)
Lewis H. Elverson (1946–1972)
Millard Robinson (1973)
Lewis H. Elverson (1974)
Tom Lapinski (1974–1984)
Francis Meagher (1985–1989)
Karl Miran (1990–1997)
Pete Alvanos (1998–2000)

v t e 1923 College Football All-America Team consensus selections

QB George Pfann HB Red Grange HB Harry Wilson FB Bill Mallory C Jack Blott G Charles Hubbard G Jim McMillen T Marty Below T Century Milstead E Lynn Bomar E Ray Eklund E Pete MacRae

Persondata
Name	Pfann, George
Alternative names	Pfann, George R.
Short description	American football player and coach
Date of birth	October 6, 1902
Place of birth	Marion, Ohio
Date of death	December 17, 1996
Place of death	Ithaca, New York

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