Biographical details | |
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Born | Kansas, U.S. | October 18, 1890
Died | December 28, 1954 Beverly Hills, California, U.S. | (aged 64)
Playing career | |
Track and field | |
c. 1910 | USC |
Position(s) | Shot putter |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1916–1917 | Manual Arts HS (CA) |
1918–1919 | Pasadena HS (CA) |
1920–1922 | Southern Branch |
1943–1944 | Willamette |
Basketball | |
1943–? | Willamette |
Track and field | |
1920–1946 | Southern Branch / UCLA |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 7–16–1 (college football) |
Harry Elbert "Cap" Trotter (October 18, 1890 – December 28, 1954)[1] was an American football, basketball, and track and field coach. He served as the head football the Southern Branch of the University of California—now known as the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)—from 1920 to 1922 and at Willamette University from 1943 to 1944, compiling a career college football record of 7–16–1. He was inducted into the Ventura County Sports Hall of Fame in 1989.[2]