Boozer Pitts
| Boozer Pitts | |
|---|---|
 Pitts pictured in The 1925 Glomerata, Auburn yearbook | |
| Sport(s) | Football |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
November 25, 1893 Alabama, United States |
| Died |
February 10, 1971 (aged 77)[1] Auburn, Alabama |
| Playing career | |
| 1913–1914 | Auburn |
| Position(s) | Center |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1919–1922 1923–1924 1925–1927 1927 |
Auburn (assistant) Auburn Auburn (assistant) Auburn |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 7–11–6 |
|
Statistics | |
John Emmett "Boozer" Pitts, Sr. was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Auburn University from 1923 to 1924 and again for the final seven games of the 1927 season, compiling a career record of 7–11–6. He was also a professor of mathematics at Auburn in the 1930s. An All-Southern center, he was a member of an All-time Auburn Tigers football team selected in 1935,[2] as well as coach Donahue's all-time Auburn team.[3] One writer claims "Auburn had a lot of great football teams, but there may not have been one greater than the 1913–1914 team."[4]
Pitts later served as a colonel in the United States Army during World War II. In late 1958, he had his larynx removed during surgery for cancer.[5] One of his sons, John E. Pitts, Jr. was a brigadier general in the United States Air Force.[5][6]
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auburn Tigers (Southern Conference) (1923–1924) | |||||||||
| 1923 | Auburn | 3–3–3 | 0–1–3 | 14th | |||||
| 1924 | Auburn | 4–4–1 | 2–4–1 | 17th | |||||
| Auburn Tigers (Southern Conference) (1927) | |||||||||
| 1927 | Auburn | 0–4–2[n 1] | 0–4–1[n 1] | 22nd[n 1] | |||||
| Auburn: | 7–11–6 | 2–9–5 | |||||||
| Total: | 7–11–6 | ||||||||
Selected works
- Pitts, John E. (1968). Thoughts of a Man Called Boozer. Carlton Press.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Dave Morey coached the first three games of the season.
See also
References
- ↑ Thomas, B.W. (2003). Baron Christopher de Graffenried V: his ancestors and his descendants, 1191 to 2001. Willo Pub. Co. Retrieved 2014-12-03.
- ↑ "Tulane University Football Program-The Greenie; Auburn vs. Tulane".
- ↑ "Mike Donahue Names All-Time Auburn Football Team". The Tuscaloosa News. January 10, 1933.
- ↑ Ethan Brady. "Auburn's 1913 Undefeated Team" (PDF).
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "He Can't Talk Or Eat Food, But 'Boozer' Writes Poems", The Morning Herald, Thursday, December 31, 1959, Hagerstown, Maryland
- ↑ "Pitts, John Emmett". west-point.org. Retrieved 2014-12-03.
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