Lynn O. Waldorf (October 3, 1902 — August 15, 1981), better known as "Pappy" Waldorf, was a Hall of Fame college football coach.
Waldorf, son of Methodist bishop Ernest Lynn Waldorf, was born in Clifton Springs, New York.
Waldorf began his major college career as head football coach at Oklahoma A&M; from 1929 to 1933. In his five seasons at Oklahoma A&M; Waldorf went 34-10-7, won three Missouri Valley Conference championships, and never lost to a...
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Lynn O. Waldorf (October 3, 1902 — August 15, 1981), better known as "Pappy" Waldorf, was a Hall of Fame college football coach.
Waldorf, son of Methodist bishop Ernest Lynn Waldorf, was born in Clifton Springs, New York.
Waldorf began his major college career as head football coach at Oklahoma A&M; from 1929 to 1933. In his five seasons at Oklahoma A&M; Waldorf went 34-10-7, won three Missouri Valley Conference championships, and never lost to arch-rival Oklahoma. In 1932, Waldorf was also promoted to Director of Athletics at the school. Nevertheless, in 1934, Waldorf was coaxed north to Kansas State, to replace Bo McMillin as football coach. Although Waldorf only coached K-State for one season, 1934, it was a remarkable year, as Kansas State captured the Big Six Conference championship – the first Big Six title in football for the school.
In 1935, Waldorf moved again, to Northwestern University, where he would remain head coach until 1946. In his very first season at Northwestern,...
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