Gus Henderson
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| Sport(s) | Football, basketball, baseball |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
March 10, 1889 Oberlin, Ohio |
| Died | December 16, 1965 (aged 76) Desert Hot Springs, California |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1919–1925 | USC |
| 1925–1935 | Tulsa |
| 1937 | Los Angeles Bulldogs |
| 1939 | Detroit Lions |
| 1940–1942 | Occidental |
| Basketball | |
| 1919–1921 | USC |
| Baseball | |
| 1920–1921 | USC |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 126–42–7 (college football) 18–6 (college basketball) 18–7–1 (college baseball) 8–0 (AFL) 6–5 (NFL) |
| Bowls | 2–0 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 1 Oklahoma Collegiate Conference (1925) 3 Big 4 Conference (1929–1931, 1932) 1 MVC (1935) |
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Elmer Clinton "Gloomy Gus" Henderson (March 10, 1889 – December 16, 1965) was an American football coach. He served as the head coach at the University of Southern California (1919–1924), the University of Tulsa (1925–1935), and Occidental College (1940–1942), compiling a career college football record of 126–42–7. Henderson's career winning percentage of .865 at USC is the best of any Trojans football coach, and his 70 wins with the Tulsa Golden Hurricane remain a team record. In between his stints at Tulsa and Occidental, Henderson moved to the professional ranks, helming the Los Angeles Bulldogs of the American Football League in 1937 and the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL) in 1939. Henderson also coached basketball and baseball at USC, each for two seasons.
Henderson was born in Oberlin, Ohio on March 10, 1889. He graduated from Oberlin College, and then coached at Broadway High School in Seattle, Washington.
Henderson arrived at the University of Southern California (USC) in 1919, and set the Trojans football team on its first steps toward national prominence. He led USC to a 6–0 record in 1920, the team's first perfect season of at least three games, and to their first appearance in the Rose Bowl in 1923. In the 1923 Rose Bowl, the first Rose Bowl game to be held in its namesake stadium, USC's faced their first opponent from east of the Rocky Mountains. The Trojans defeated the heavily favored Penn State Nittany Lions, 14–3. Penn State arrived at the game 45 minutes late, and ten minutes after the scheduled kickoff, because of a traffic jam. Henderson accused Penn State coach Hugo Bezdek of doing so intentionally as a psychological tactic, and the coaches nearly began throwing punches. Later, they exchanged public insults after the game.
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