Biographical details | |
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Born | South Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. | September 26, 1862
Died | June 21, 1894 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. | (aged 31)
Alma mater | Harvard University |
Coaching career ( HC unless noted) | |
1890–1893 | Harvard |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 46–3 |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
1 national (1890) | |
George Andrew Stewart (September 26, 1862 – June 21, 1894) was an American football coach. He served as the head coach of the Harvard University football team from 1890 to 1893. From 1890 to 1892, he co-coached with George C. Adams, and in 1893, with Everett J. Lake.
Born in 1862 in South Boston, [1] Stewart attended grammar and Latin schools in Boston [1] before entering Harvard in 1880, graduating in the class of 1884. [2] After graduating, in 1886, [3] Stewart worked at the Boston Daily Globe, editing the yachting section. He was regarded as an authority on boating and yachts, and was a member of a yacht club and the Boston Athletic Association. [1] He was regarded as a designer of boats. [4] In 1890, Stewart, along with another fellow alumnus, George Adams (1886) were appointed by team captain Arthur Cumnock [5] as coaches for the Harvard football program. In their first season, the 1890 Harvard team went 11–0 had five players named to the 1890 College Football All-America Team. [6] The team was retroactively recognized as a national champion by a number of selectors. The appointment of Adams and Stewart is regarded to be the beginning of an organized coaching system at Harvard. [7]
Stewart died of typhoid fever in 1894. [1]
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Harvard Crimson (Independent) (1890–1893) | |||||||||
1890 | Harvard | 11–0 | |||||||
1891 | Harvard | 13–1 | |||||||
1892 | Harvard | 10–1 | |||||||
1893 | Harvard | 12–1 | |||||||
Harvard: | 46–3 | ||||||||
Total: | 46–3 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth |