&sq=&lang=&file=File:Dr._Albert_Hayes_Sharpe_LCCN2014697896.jpg) Sharpe in 1914 | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 7, 1877 |
| Died | May 17, 1966 (aged 88) Buffalo, New York, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1897–1900 | Yale |
| Baseball | |
| 1900–1901 | Yale |
| Position(s) | Halfback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1912–1917 | Cornell |
| 1919 | Yale |
| 1928–1931 | Washington University |
| Basketball | |
| 1912–1919 | Cornell |
| 1919–1921 | Yale |
| Baseball | |
| 1913–1919 | Cornell |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1919–1921 | Yale |
| 1928–? | Washington University |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 50–42–5 (football) 103–58 (basketball) 60–65–1 (baseball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
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| Awards | |
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Albert Hayes Sharpe (October 7, 1877 – May 17, 1966) was an All-American football player, coach and athletic director and medical doctor. He played football for Yale University and was selected as a halfback for the 1899 College Football All-America Team. Sharpe was also a star basketball player in the early years of the college game. Sharpe also excelled in baseball, gymnastics, rowing and track. In 1915, Sharpe was selected by one sporting expert as the greatest living athlete in the United States. He later served as a coach and administrator at Cornell University, Yale, the Ithaca School of Physical Education and Washington University in St. Louis.