Hank Garrity (coach)

Hank Garrity
Garrity pictured in The Savitar 1923, Missouri yearbook
Biographical details
Born(1900-01-30)January 30, 1900
Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedAugust 30, 1972(1972-08-30) (aged 72)
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1919–1921Princeton
Baseball
c. 1922Princeton
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1922Missouri (assistant)
1923–1925Wake Forest
Basketball
1923–1925Wake Forest
Baseball
1923Missouri
1924–1925Wake Forest
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1923–1926Wake Forest
Head coaching record
Overall19–7–1 (football)
33–14 (basketball)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards

Martin Henry Garrity Jr. (January 30, 1900 – August 30, 1972) was an American football and baseball player, coach of football, basketball, and baseball, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Wake Forest University from 1923 to 1925, compiling a record of 19–7–1. Garrity was also the head basketball coach at Wake Forest from 1923 to 1925, tallying a mark of 33–14. He served as the head baseball coach at the University of Missouri in 1923 and at Wake Forest from 1924 to 1925.

Garrity was an alumnus of Princeton University, from which he graduated in 1922. At Princeton he played football and baseball. Garrity came to Missouri in 1922 as an assistant football coach. There he served under head coach Thomas Kelley.[1]

Garrity was born on January 30, 1900, in Quincy, Massachusetts. He died on August 30, 1972, in Boston, where he had resided in his later years.[2]

  1. ^ "Tigers Get New Coaching Staff; Strategy of East, West, and Middle West Will Guide Missouri". Lawrence Journal-World. Associated Press. September 6, 1922. Retrieved December 28, 2013 – via Google News.
  2. ^ "Memorials". Princeton Alumni Weekly. 74. The Trustees of Princeton University: 20. November 27, 1973. Retrieved December 28, 2013 – via Google Books.