Homer Prendergast
American football player and coach (1893–1975)
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Finis Homer "Boosky" Prendergast Jr. (April 20, 1893 – June 3, 1975) was an American college football player and high school football coach.
Marshall, Texas, U.S.
Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S.
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| Positions | Halfback, quarterback |
| Personal information | |
| Born | April 20, 1893 Marshall, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | June 3, 1975 (aged 82) Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Career information | |
| College | Auburn (1913–1916) |
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Playing career
Auburn University
Prendergast was a prominent running back for Mike Donahue's Auburn Tigers football team of Auburn University from 1913 to 1916. He also punted.
1915
He was selected All-Southern in 1915.[1]
1916
Prendergast was selected All-Southern again in 1916.[2]
Coaching career
In 1923, Prendergast was hired as backfield and ends coach for the football team at the College of Marshall—now known as East Texas Baptist University—in Marshall, Texas.[3]
In 1926, Prendergast was hired as an athletic coach and English teacher at Shreveport High School in Shreveport, Louisiana.[4] After coaching at Shreveport's C. E. Byrd High School, Prendergast became head coach at Fair Park High School, also in Shreveport, in 1935.[5] He remained at Fair Park until his retirement from coaching in 1958.[6] In his 23 years as Fair Park's head football coach, Prendergast compiled a 154–78–13 (.655) record and lead his team to a Louisiana High School Athletic Association (LHSAA) state championship in 1952.[7]
Death
Prendergast died on June 3, 1975, at Virginia Hall Nursing Home in Shreveport.[8]
