![]() Varner pictured in Corks and Curls 1916, Virginia yearbook | |
Biographical details | |
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Born | Warrenton, Virginia, U.S. | December 18, 1885
Died | November 3, 1970 El Paso, Texas, U.S. | (aged 84)
Playing career | |
1906 | VPI |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1915 | Virginia |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 8–1 |
Harry Howard Varner (December 18, 1885 – November 3, 1970) was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Virginia for one season in 1915, compiling a record of 8–1. Varner was born in Warrenton, Virginia in 1885.[1][2] He later worked as a surgeon in El Paso, Texas. He died there after suffering from prostate cancer in 1970.[3][4]