Andrew Kerr

Andrew "Andy" Kerr, IV (October 7, 1878 – February 17, 1969) was an American football, basketball, and track and field coach. He served as the head football coach at Stanford University (1922–1923), Washington & Jefferson College (1926–1928), Colgate University (1929–1946), and Lebanon Valley College (1947–1949), compiling a career college football record of 137–71–14. His 1932 Colgate team went a perfect 9–0, was not scored upon, and was named a national champion by Parke H. Davis. Kerr was also the head basketball coach at the University of Pittsburgh for one season (1921–1922) and at Stanford for four seasons (1922–1926), tallying a career college basketball mark of 54–26. In addition, he coached track and field at Pittsburgh from 1913 to 1921. Kerr was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1951. Colgate's home football stadium, Andy Kerr Stadium, was dedicated in his honor in 1966.

Early years

Kerr was born in Cheyenne, Wyoming to Andrew and Mary Elizabeth Kerr. His family moved east to Carlisle, Pennsylvania where Kerr attended secondary school. He attended Dickinson College, where he played baseball, and track. He then moved on to the University of Pittsburgh, where he served as the head track and field coach from 1913 until 1922, as an assistant football coach, and for one season, the head basketball coach, leading that squad to a 12–8 record in 1921–22. While at Pitt as an assistant football coach also in charge of the freshman football squad, he served as a member of the staff of legendary head coach Glenn Scobey "Pop" Warner.

Andrew Kerr (Australian politician)

Andrew Taylor Kerr (10 November 1837 – 15 November 1907) was an Australian politician.

He was born at Green Swamp near Bathurst to pastoralist Andrew Kerr and Elizabeth Livingstone. He worked on his father's station near Wellington, which he inherited with his sister on his father's death in 1866. On 18 March 1863 he married Isabel Helen Dunbar Johnson, with whom he had six children. He sold his property in 1877. In 1879 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Orange, serving until 1882. In 1888 he was appointed to the New South Wales Legislative Council, where he remained until his death at Orange in 1907.

References

Andrew Kerr (water polo)

Andrew Kerr OAM (born 2 April 1954) is an Australian former water polo player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics, the 1980 Summer Olympics, the 1984 Summer Olympics, and the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Family

Andrew Kerr has 3 siblings, brothers Peter, Bill and sister Cecilia. His mother was Pat Lynch (d. 2004) from Mildura. His father was Henry 'Harry' Kerr (c. 1921-July 2013), a retail clerk who reached the rank of Flight Lieutenant during service with the Royal Australian Air Force in World War 2. 'Harry' flew Kittyhawks with No. 76 Squadron RAAF and was also a flight instructor.

Honours

Kerr was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in the 2014 New Year's Day honours list.

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Andrew Kerr (disambiguation)

Andrew Kerr (1878–1969) was an American football coach.

Andrew or Andy Kerr may also refer to:

Andy Kerr (American politician)

Andy Kerr (born October 21, 1968) is an American politician from Colorado. A Democrat, he is a member of the Colorado Senate.

Kerr was first appointed to the Colorado House of Representatives in 2006, he represented House District 26, which encompasses most of Lakewood, Colorado from 2006 to 2012, at which point he was elected to the state senate, district 22.

Biography

Kerr attended Foothills Elementary School, Dunstan Middle School, and Green Mountain High School, all within HD 26. Kerr received a B.A. in Geography, an M.A. in Information and Learning Technologies, and an Administrative Leadership and Policy Studies license from the University of Colorado.

Kerr and his wife Tammy have three children.

Legislative career

2006 appointment

Kerr was first appointed to the Colorado State House of Representatives in 2006, following the succession of then State Representative Betty Boyd to fill the vacancy created by Deanna Hanna's resignation from State Senate District 21.

Andrew Kerr (festival co-founder)

Andrew Kerr (29 November 1933 – 6 October 2014) was a co-founder of Glastonbury Fair, the 1971 forerunner of today's Glastonbury Festival. Kerr managed the festival site up to the mid-1980s, helping establish it as the UK's foremost music festival.

Glastonbury Fair

In June 1971, Kerr staged "Glastonbury Fair", along with Arabella Churchill and some other friends. Glastonbury Fair originated the use of the name 'Glastonbury', the June date, and the pyramid stage, inspired by the work of author John Michell. The position of the stage was dowsed by Kerr according with his belief in ley lines, and the 'Glastonbury' part of the festival's name was introduced.

Kerr was inspired to put on a free festival after his experience at the commercial Isle of Wight Festival in 1970. His original motivation for staging a free festival was outlined in a leaflet published at the time:

To mark the 40th anniversary of the Glastonbury Fair, at the 2011 Glastonbury Festival Kerr organized a 'Spirit of 71' stage, with a number of the original performers. 'Spirit of 71' was also incorporated into the 2013 festival