George Little (American football coach)
Little pictured in The Cincinnatian 1915, Cincinnati yearbook
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| Sport(s) | Football, basketball, baseball |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
May 27, 1889 Washington, D.C. |
| Died | February 23, 1957 (aged 67) New Brunswick, New Jersey |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1909–1911 | Ohio Wesleyan |
| Position(s) | Guard |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1914–1915 | Cincinnati |
| 1916 | Miami (OH) |
| 1919–1921 | Miami (OH) |
| 1922–1923 | Michigan (assistant) |
| 1924 | Michigan |
| 1925–1926 | Wisconsin |
| Basketball | |
| 1914–1916 | Cincinnati |
| 1916–1917 | Miami (OH) |
| 1919–1922 | Miami (OH) |
| Baseball | |
| 1920 | Miami (OH) |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1921 | Miami (OH) |
| 1922–? | Michigan (assistant AD) |
| 1925–1932 | Wisconsin |
| 1932–1953 | Rutgers |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 54–16–4 (football) 47–38 (basketball) 3–8 (baseball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 2 OAC (1916, 1921) |
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College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1955 (profile) |
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George Edkin Little (May 27, 1889 – February 23, 1957) was an American football player, and coach of football, basketball, and baseball, and college athletics administrator.
Little attended Ohio Wesleyan University from which he graduated in 1912. He served as the head football coach at the University of Cincinnati (1914–1915), Miami University (1916, 1919–1921), the University of Michigan (1924), and the University of Wisconsin–Madison (1925–1926), compiling a career college football record of 54–16–4. Little was also the head basketball coach at Cincinnati (1914–1916) and Miami (1916–1917, 1919–1922), tallying a career college basketball mark of 47–38.
In addition to coaching, Little served as the athletic director at Wisconsin (1925–1932) and Rutgers University (1932–1953) and as the executive secretary of the National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1955.
Little was born in May 1889 in Washington, D.C. His father, George Little, was a Pennsylvania native and a school teacher. His mother, Marion Little, was also a Pennsylvania native. He had a younger brother, Howard Little (born July 1890), and a younger sister, Elizabeth Little (born February 1897). At the time of the 1900 United States Census, the family was living in Wolf Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.
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