Edward Herr
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Waterbury, Connecticut, U.S.[2]
Waterbury, Connecticut, U.S.
.png) Herr in The New Hampshire College Monthly of December 1906 | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 4, 1883[1] Waterbury, Connecticut, U.S.[2] |
| Died | March 18, 1950 (aged 67) Waterbury, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Vermont |
| Playing career | |
| 1902–1905 | Dartmouth |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1906–1907 | New Hampshire |
| 1908 | Vermont |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 6–13–6 |
Edward Albert Herr[a] (January 4, 1883 – March 18, 1950) was an American player and head coach of college football, and a physician.
Herr was a 1906 graduate of Dartmouth College, where he played football for four years as a halfback and end.[4][5] He then served as head coach of the New Hampshire football team in 1906 and 1907,[b] and for the Vermont football team in 1908.[5] In his three seasons as a head coach, Herr compiled an overall 6–13–6 record, for a .360 winning percentage.
In August 1906, Herr saved two women from drowning following a canoe accident in Squam Lake in New Hampshire.[6] Following his time as a head coach, Herr earned his medical degree at the University of Vermont and went on to practice medicine in Hartford, Connecticut; Boston, Massachusetts; and Waterbury, Connecticut.[7] He died in March 1950 at Saint Mary's Hospital in Waterbury, following a brief illness.[7]