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Homer Prendergast

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Homer Prendergast
Auburn Tigers
PositionHalfback, quarterback
ClassGraduate
Personal information
Born:(1893-04-20)April 20, 1893
Marshall, Texas, U.S.
Died:June 3, 1975(1975-06-03) (aged 82)
Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S.
Career history
CollegeAuburn (1913–1916)
Career highlights and awards

Finis Homer "Boosky" Prendergast Jr. (April 20, 1893 – June 3, 1975) was an American college football player and high school football coach.

Playing career

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Auburn University

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Prendergast was a prominent running back for Mike Donahue's Auburn Tigers football team of Auburn University from 1913 to 1916. He also punted.

1915
He was selected All-Southern in 1915.[1]

1916
Prendergast was selected All-Southern again in 1916.[2]

Coaching career

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In 1923, Prendergast was hired as backfield and ends coach for the football team at the College of Marshall—now known as East Texas Baptist University—in Marshall, Texas.[3]

In 1926, Prendergast was hired as an athletic coach and English teacher at Shreveport High School in Shreveport, Louisiana.[4] After coaching at Shreveport's C. E. Byrd High School, Prendergast became head coach at Fair Park High School, also in Shreveport, in 1935.[5] He remained at Fair Park until his retirement from coaching in 1958.[6] In his 23 years as Fair Park's head football coach, Prendergast compiled a 154–78–13 (.655) record and lead his team to a Louisiana High School Athletic Association (LHSAA) state championship in 1952.[7]

Death

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Prendergast died on June 3, 1975, at Virginia Hall Nursing Home in Shreveport.[8]

References

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  1. ^ Dick Jemison (November 30, 1915). "Composite All-Southern Of Ten Of The Dopesters". Atlanta Constitution. p. 10. Retrieved March 5, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. ^ Closed access icon "All-Southern Football Team As Picked By Sport Writers". Augusta Chronicle. December 3, 1916.
  3. ^ "C. O. M. Football Team To Train On Caddo Lake". The Marshall Morning News. Marshall, Texas. August 25, 1923. p. 8. Retrieved May 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "Prendergast Is Named Coach Of Shreveport High". The Marshall Messenger. Marshall, Texas. September 23, 1926. p. 6. Retrieved May 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "Joins Byrd Staff". The Times. Shreveport, Louisiana. March 10, 1935. p. 2A. Retrieved May 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ Byrd, Jerry (May 8, 1958). "Records Broken on Byrd Oval". Shreveport Journal. Shreveport, Louisiana. p. 10A. Retrieved May 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ Jerry Byrd's Football Country (1981), pp. 103–106, 154–157
  8. ^ "Former Fair Park Coach Dies". The Times. Shreveport, Louisiana. June 4, 1975. p. 13A. Retrieved May 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.