Florida Gators | |
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Position | Center |
Career history | |
College | Florida (1925–1926) |
Personal information | |
Date of birth | September 11, 1904 |
Place of birth | Florida |
Date of death | May 24, 1995 | (aged 90)
Place of death | Jacksonville, Florida |
Career highlights and awards | |
Ernest Lamar Sarra (September 11, 1904 – May 24, 1995) was an American football and basketball player and coach. Sarra was a prominent center for coach Tom Sebring's Florida Gators football team, captain of the 1926 team. He was a three-year football star and played four seasons of basketball. Sarra was then the coach of the Plant Panthers in the 1930s. He was once chairman of the governor's committee on school building construction.