Joe Pritchard (American football)

Joe Pritchard
Biographical details
Born(1886-05-15)May 15, 1886
Sharon, Mississippi, U.S.
DiedJuly 14, 1947(1947-07-14) (aged 61)
Sunflower County, Mississippi, U.S.
Playing career
1904–1906Vanderbilt
Position(s)Tackle
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1909LSU
Head coaching record
Overall4–1
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
2× All-Southern (1905, 1906)
1912 All-time Vandy 1st team

Joseph Gibson "Beersheba" Pritchard (May 15, 1886 – July 14, 1947) was an American college football player and coach. Pritchard played for the Vanderbilt Commodores of Vanderbilt University. He was selected All-Southern in 1905 and 1906.[1] He stood 6 foot 2 inches and weighed 185 pounds.[2] Pritchard served as the head football coach at Louisiana State University (LSU) for part of one season in 1909, compiling a record is 4–1.[3] He graduated from Vanderbilt in 1906 with a dental degree (DDS). A member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity,[4] he was later a Presbyterian dental missionary at Luebo in the Congo until he was forced to return to the United States due to poor health sometime before 1915.[5]

In 1912, Pritchard married Annie Milicent Landrey of Jeanerette, Louisiana.[6]

  1. ^ e.g. "Surprises The Rule During Past Season". The Atlanta Constitution. December 2, 1906.
  2. ^ "The Football Season of 1904". Vanderbilt University Quarterly. 5: 62–69.
  3. ^ "LSU Year-by-Year Records" (PDF). lsusports.net. p. 107. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 19, 2018. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
  4. ^ "The Catalogue of the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity, Page 38 | Document Viewer". Archived from the original on November 2, 2014. Retrieved November 1, 2014.
  5. ^ Vanderbilt University (1915). "Faculty-Senior Dinner, Maxwell House, April 16, 1915". Vanderbilt University Quarterly. 15: 108–112.
  6. ^ Vanderbilt, University (1913). Vanderbilt University Quarterly [Volume 13]. Nashville, Tennessee: Vanderbilt University. p. 71. Retrieved July 29, 2018.