Lamar Sarra

Lamar Sarra
Florida Gators
PositionCenter
Personal information
Born:(1904-09-11)September 11, 1904
Florida
Died:May 24, 1995(1995-05-24) (aged 90)
Jacksonville, Florida
Career history
CollegeFlorida (1925–1926)
High schoolGainesville
Career highlights and awards

Ernest Lamar Sarra (September 11, 1904 – May 24, 1995) was an American football and basketball player and coach. Sarra was a prominent center for coach Tom Sebring's Florida Gators football team, captain of the 1926 team.[1] He was a three-year football star and played four seasons of basketball.[2] Sarra was then the coach of the Plant Panthers in the 1930s.[3][4][5][6] He was once chairman of the governor's committee on school building construction.[7] He played high school football at Gainesville High under Rex Farrior.

  1. ^ "Gators Relax After Drills". St. Petersburg Times. October 22, 1926.
  2. ^ "Great Teams and Eras: The 1920s".
  3. ^ Pete Norton (July 20, 1933). "The Sport Outlook". St. Petersburg Times.
  4. ^ "Tampa Officials To Handle Game; Sarra Refereeing". The Evening Independent. November 22, 1938.
  5. ^ "Plant Panthers". Archived from the original on February 3, 2016. Retrieved January 28, 2016.
  6. ^ "Coach History - Plant Panthers Basketball (Tampa, FL)".
  7. ^ "New Tax Sources For Schools". Ocala Star-Banner. November 21, 1956.