Albert I. Prettyman

Albert I. Prettyman
Albert Ira Prettyman (c 1922) coach of Hamilton College
Biographical details
BornVirginia, U.S.
Died1963
Florida, U.S.
Alma materYMCA College
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1917–1920Hamilton
Hockey
1918–1943Hamilton
1943–1944Colgate
1946–1948Hamilton
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
?–?Hamilton
Head coaching record
Overall11–10–3 (football)
153–93–8 (ice hockey)

Albert I. Prettyman (died 1963) was a coach and athletic administrator at Hamilton College. During his coaching career he was head coach of many sports including basketball, track and field and football, but the majority of for his coaching work was in ice hockey. When he died the American Hockey Coaches Association called him "the father of college hockey." He was also director/coach of the 1936 USA Winter Olympics hockey team, winning the bronze medal. Prettyman was a member of two Olympic Committees and the founder, and lasting member of, the NCAA Hockey Rules Committee.