Austin Cook "Prex" Merrill (January 15, 1884 – February 23, 1935) was an American college football coach.[1] He was the head football coach at Alderson–Broaddus College in Philippi, West Virginia for one season, in 1910, compiling a record of 1–3.[2] Merrill also coached at Bethany College in West Virginia. He later worked as a lawyer.[3]
 Merrill pictured in Monticola 1913, West Virginia University yearbook | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 15, 1884 De Kalb Junction, New York, U.S. |
| Died | February 23, 1935 (aged 51) Elkins, West Virginia, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Colgate University West Virginia University Yale University |
| Playing career | |
| 1909 | West Virginia |
| Position(s) | Back |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1910 | Broaddus |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 1–3 |
Merrill attended West Virginia University, graduating in law in 1912 as well as Yale University, where he received his A.B.[4][5] He was a member of the Phi Kappa Psi and Theta Nu Epsilon fraternities while at WVU.[6]
Merrill died of a heart attack due to coronary thrombosis in 1935.[7] At the time of his death, Merrill was serving as a Clerk for the U.S. District Court for Northern West Virginia.[8]
References
edit- ^ http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1935-36.pdf Archived June 9, 2019, at the Wayback Machine [bare URL PDF]
- ^ DeLassus, David. "Broaddus College Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on December 11, 2011. Retrieved February 16, 2012.
- ^ "World History Encyclopedia".
- ^ "The Monticola". Chicago, A.L. Swift & Co. 1896.
- ^ "Bethanian, 1912". Bethany College. 1912.
- ^ http://phikappapsi.archeios.com/files/2012/03/1914-15_vol-35_no-1-6.pdf[permanent dead link] [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "West Virginia Vital Research Records - Record Image".
- ^ "Austin C Merrill, U.S. Court Clerk, Is Dead, Charleston Gazette, February 23, 1935, Charleston, West Virginia
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