Edwin C. Horrell
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| Edwin C. Horrell | ||
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| Sport | Football | |
| Born | September 29, 1902 | |
| Place of birth | Jackson, Missouri | |
| Died | June 13, 1992 | |
| Place of death | Beverly Hills, California | |
| Career highlights | ||
| Overall | 24-31-6 | |
| Bowls | 0-1 | |
| Coaching stats | ||
| College Football DataWarehouse | ||
| Playing career | ||
| 1922-24 | California | |
| Position | C | |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | ||
| 1939-1944 1926-1938 |
UCLA UCLA (assistant coach) |
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| College Football Hall of Fame, 1969 (Bio) | ||
Edwin C. "Babe" Horrell (September 29, 1902 - June 13, 1992) was an American football player. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1969.
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[edit] Playing career
While a center for the California Golden Bears from 1922-24, they went 26-0-3.[1]
[edit] Coaching career
From 1926 to 1938, he was the assistant coach for the UCLA Bruins.[1] He then served as the head coach from 1939 to 1944, compiling a 24-31-6 record. His 1942 UCLA Bruins team lost to Georgia in the 1943 Rose Bowl game.
[edit] Record
Coach Horrell's overall record was 24-31-6. In his first year as head coach, the Bruins tied USC as Pacific Coast Conference champions.[2]
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl | AP# | |||
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| UCLA (Pacific Coast Conference) (1939 – 1944) | |||||||||
| 1939 | UCLA | 6-0-4 | 5-0-3 | 1st (tie) | 7 | ||||
| 1940 | UCLA | 1-9-0 | 1-6-0 | ||||||
| 1941 | UCLA | 5-5-1 | 3-4-1 | ||||||
| 1942 | UCLA | 7-4-0 | 6-1-0 | 1st | L Rose † | 13 | |||
| 1943 | UCLA | 1-8-0 | 0-4-0 | ||||||
| 1944 | UCLA | 4-5-1 | 1-2-1 | ||||||
| UCLA: | 24-31-6 | 16-17-5 | |||||||
| Total: | 24-31-6 | ||||||||
| National Championship Conference Title Conference Division Title | |||||||||
| †Indicates BCS bowl game. #Rankings from final AP Poll of the season. | |||||||||
[edit] References
- ^ a b College Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved on 2007-12-02.
- ^ Coach Horrell Record. Retrieved on 2007-12-02.
| Preceded by William H. Spaulding |
UCLA Football Head Coach 1939-1944 |
Succeeded by Bert LaBrucherie |
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