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Biographical details | |
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Born | Cattaraugus Reservation, Erie County, New York, U.S. | February 27, 1875
Died | February 15, 1957 Loma Linda, California, U.S. | (aged 81)
Playing career | |
Football | |
1894–1898 | Carlisle |
1899–1901 | Homestead Library & Athletic Club |
1902–1903 | Sherman Institute |
Dec 1902–Jan 1903 | All-Syracuse |
1904 (November 26) | Carlisle |
Position(s) | Guard |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1899 | Buffalo |
1902–1903 | Sherman Institute |
1906 | Carlisle |
1907 | Haskell |
1908–1910 | Kenyon |
1911 | Lafayette HS (NY) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 31–20–3 (college football) |
Bemus Pierce (February 27, 1875 – February 15, 1957) was an American football player and coach. He played as a guard in the 1890s and 1900s. Pierce played college football for the Carlisle Indian School teams from 1894 to 1898 and played professional football for the championship teams from the Homestead Library & Athletic Club of 1900 and 1901. He also played for the All-Syracuse team in 1902, the first indoor professional football team. Pierce served as the head football coach at the University of Buffalo in 1899,[1] at the Carlisle Indian School in 1906, and at Kenyon College from 1908 to 1910.