Sol Metzger
Metzger, c. 1919
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| Sport(s) | Football, basketball |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
December 29, 1880 Bedford, Pennsylvania |
| Died | January 18, 1932 (aged 51) Ventnor City, New Jersey |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1901–1903 | Penn |
| Position(s) | End, quarterback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1904 | Baylor |
| 1908 | Penn |
| 1909 | Oregon Agricultural |
| 1914–1915 | West Virginia |
| 1916–1917 | Washington & Jefferson |
| 1919 | Union (NY) |
| 1920–1924 | South Carolina |
| Basketball | |
| 1920–1921 | South Carolina |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1920–1924 | South Carolina |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 69–41–8 (football) 7–11 (basketball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 1 National (1908) |
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Sol S. Metzger (December 29, 1880 – January 18, 1932) was an American football player, coach of football and basketball, college athletics administrator, and sports journalist. He served as the head football coach at Baylor University (1904), the University of Pennsylvania (1908), Oregon State University (1909), West Virginia University (1914–1915), Washington & Jefferson College (1916–1917), Union College (1919), the University of South Carolina (1920–1924), compiling a career college football of 69–41–8. Metzger was also the head basketball coach at South Carolina for one season in 1920–21, tallying a mark of 7–11. In addition, Metzger wrote a nationally syndicated sports column.
Metzger was born in Bedford, Pennsylvania on December 29, 1880. He was of son of American Civil War veteran Captain Sol Metzger and his wife Margaret (Andrews) Metzger. He was one of six children with three brothers and two sisters. Growing up in Bedford he attended Bedford Public Schools and the Bedford Academy before going to Phillips-Andover Academy in Andover, Massachusetts. He graduated from Phillips-Andover Academy in 1899 where he was a member of the track team as a member of the quarter mile relay team.
Metzger was a graduate of University of Pennsylvania in 1903 with a Bachelor of Architecture. He was active in many organizations including Phi Kappa Psi fraternity and Sphinx Society. He was also business manager of the University’s monthly periodical, The Red and Blue. At Penn he was also much involved in several athletic programs including being the manager of the varsity rowing team, a member of the track team and most notably the football team.
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