Armant Legendre

Armant Legendre
Biographical details
Born(1899-06-17)June 17, 1899
Bar Harbor, Maine, U.S.[1]
DiedNovember 1963 (1963-12) (aged 64)[2]
Alma materPrinceton University
Playing career
Football
1920Princeton
Position(s)End
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1921Princeton (ends)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards

Armant Agricole Jean Baptiste Legendre (June 17, 1899 – November 1963) was an American football player. He played at the end position for the Princeton Tigers football team and was selected International News Service, Walter Eckersall and Football World magazine as a first-team player on the 1920 College Football All-America Team.[3][4][5] He was picked as a second-team All-American by Walter Camp.[6] He also played basketball for Princeton.[7]

After graduating from Princeton, Legendre served as the ends coach for Princeton in 1921.[8] He was of Creole heritage and later lived in New Orleans and worked as a coffee importer.[9] In May 1931, he was appointed by President Herbert Hoover to the Brazilian Coffee Commission.[10] His daughter Anne Armstrong was the United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1977.[9]

  1. ^ Ancestry.com. U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 [database on-line].
  2. ^ Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 [database on-line].
  3. ^ Jacob Velock (December 7, 1920). "Hard Task To Pick All-American Team From This Season's Galaxy of Stars". Trenton Evening Times.
  4. ^ "Weston on Second All-American Team". Janesville Daily Gazette. December 13, 1920.
  5. ^ ESPN College Football Encyclopedia, p. 1154
  6. ^ "Camp Names Gridiron Stars". Post-Standard. Syracuse, NY. December 15, 1920.
  7. ^ "Legendre's Toss Wins For Princeton: Princeton Star Scores in Last Second of Play, Defeating Dartmouth Five, 30-29" (PDF). The New York Times. January 27, 1931.
  8. ^ "Legendre, Princeton Coach, Kicks Air Out of Football" (PDF). The New York Times. November 8, 1921.
  9. ^ a b "Anne Armstrong, Presidential Adviser and Pioneering Politician, Dies at 80". The New York Times. July 31, 2008.
  10. ^ "Legendre Named on Coffee Board". The New York Times. May 12, 1931.