Sport(s) Football 1915–1917 Kansas Positions Center 1907–1912 NYU Role American football player | 1902–1903 North Carolina Name Herman Olcott 1900–1901 Yale Overall 45–30–11 | |
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Born January 1, 1879
New York, New York ( 1879-01-01 ) Died November 3, 1929, Wallingford, Connecticut, United States | ||
Herman Parker "Bo" Olcott (January 1, 1879 – November 3, 1929) was an American football player and coach. He played college football at Yale University, where he was an All-American in 1900 at center. Olcott was the head football coach at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1902 to 1903, New York University (NYU) from 1907 to 1912, and the University of Kansas, from 1915 to 1917. He was the head coach of the Great Lakes Navy Bluejackets football team, which represented the Naval Station Great Lakes, for the first three games of the 1918 season. Olcott died on November 3, 1929 in Wallingford, Connecticut after a three-year illness.
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