A. R. Kennedy
Kennedy pictured c. 1908 with the Kansas football team
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| Sport(s) | Football |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
October 24, 1876 Wakarusa, Kansas |
| Died | June 29, 1969 (aged 92) Lawrence, Kansas |
| Playing career | |
| 1895–1897 | Kansas |
| 1899 | Penn |
| Position(s) | Quarterback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1903 | Washburn |
| 1904–1910 | Kansas |
| 1911–1916 | Haskell Institute |
| 1916–1917 | Washburn |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 96–43–10 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 MVIAA (1908) | |
Albert Rutherford "Bert" Kennedy (October 24, 1876 – September 5, 1969) was an American football player and coach. He was born on the family farm in rural Wakarusa Township, just outside Lawrence, Kansas to Leander Jack Kennedy (September 21, 1836 – June 29, 1903) and Amanda E. Kennedy (née Todd) (November 23, 1841 – March 4, 1926). He played college football at both the University of Kansas, three seasons from 1895 to 1897 including one as team captain, and at the University of Pennsylvania, for one season in 1899. Kennedy also played one year of professional football immediately after graduating from Penn. During this time he played in the first professional football game ever played in Madison Square Garden which was also the first indoor professional football game ever played. After his one and only year of playing professionally, he returned to his home state of Kansas and coached football at Washburn University (1903, 1916–1917), at the University of Kansas (1904–1910), and at the Haskell Institute, now known as Haskell Indian Nations University, (1911–1916), compiling a career record of 96–43–10. His 52 wins with the Kansas Jayhawks football team are the most in the program's history.
Kennedy was the eighth and then the fifteenth head football coach for Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas and he held that position for the 1903 season, and then returned for the 1916 and 1917 seasons. His overall coaching record at Washburn was 12 wins, 12 losses, and 3 ties.
Kennedy was the 11th head football coach for the University of Kansas Jayhawks located in Lawrence, Kansas and he held that position for seven seasons, from 1904 until 1910. His overall coaching record at Kansas) was 52 wins, 9 losses, and 4 ties. This ranks him first at Kansas in terms of total wins and second at Kansas in terms of winning percentage.
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