Herman Parker "Bo" Olcott (January 1, 1879 – November 3, 1929) was an American football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

 player and coach. In 1900, he was an All-American center for Yale. From 1902 to 1903, he served as the head football coach at North Carolina

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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, where he compiled an 11–4–3 record. From 1907 to 1912, he coached at New York

New York University

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, where he compiled an 18–19–7 record. From 1915 to 1917, he coached at Kansas, where he compiled a 16–7–1 record.

Death

Olcott died on November 3, 1929 in Wallingford, Connecticut

Wallingford, Connecticut

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 after a three-year illness.

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