Ira Liston Pierce (September 1874 – July 16, 1906) was an American chemist and college sports coach. He served as the head baseball coach of the University of Delaware in 1895 and as football coach in 1896.
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 1874 Delaware, U.S. |
| Died | July 16, 1906 (aged 31) Barksdale, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Delaware |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Baseball | |
| 1895 | Delaware |
| Football | |
| 1896 | Delaware |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 0–6 (football) |
Pierce was born in September 1874 and grew up in Wilmington, Delaware.[1] He attended Wilmington High School, and after graduating from there, attended the University of Delaware.[2] He graduated from the University of Delaware with a master's degree in science, and later served as a chemistry instructor at the school.[3][2] After retiring from there, he became a chemist in Gibbstown, New Jersey.[2]
While at the University of Delaware, he also coached their baseball team in 1895,[4] and their football team in 1896, going winless in six games in football.[5]
Pierce was killed in an explosion at the Atlantic Dynamite Company, where he worked as a superintendent, on July 16, 1906.[6] His funeral was held on July 20.[7]
Head coaching record
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edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware (Independent) (1896) | |||||||||
| 1896 | Delaware | 0–6 | |||||||
| Delaware: | 0–6 | ||||||||
| Total: | 0–6 | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
- ^ a b c "Wilmington Man Killed". The Morning News. July 17, 1906 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Delaware College". Every Evening. June 21, 1899 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Newark". Delaware Gazette and State Journal. January 24, 1895 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Ira L. Pierce Records by Year". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on May 16, 2015 – via Wayback Machine.
- ^ "Ira Pierce, Delawarean Killed By Dynamite". The Evening Journal. July 16, 1906 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "'Twas Too Hot For Operator". The Evening Journal. July 21, 1906 – via Newspapers.com.
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