Herb McCracken

Herb McCracken

Sport(s)	Football
Biographical details
Born	(1899-06-20)June 20, 1899 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Died	Ocean Ridge, Florida
Playing career
1918–1920	Pittsburgh
Position(s)	Halfback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1921–1923	Allegheny
1924–1935	Lafayette
Head coaching record
Overall	75–48–7
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 National (1926) 3 Middle Three Conference (1929–1931)
Awards
Amos Alonzo Stagg Award (1988)
College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1973 (profile)

G. Herbert McCracken (June 20, 1899 – March 11, 1995) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at Allegheny College from 1921 to 1923 and at Lafayette College from 1924 to 1935, compiling a career college football record of 75–48–7. His 1926 Lafayette Leopards team was recognized as a national champion by Parke H. Davis.

McCracken played football at the University of Pittsburgh from 1918 to 1920 under coach "Pop" Warner and was a member of Pittsburgh's 1918 national championship team. He was also a brother of the Delta Tau Delta Fraternity at Pitt. McCracken was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1973.

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Allegheny Gators (Independent) (1921–1923)
1921	Allegheny	3–4–1
1922	Allegheny	6–3
1923	Allegheny	7–1
Allegheny:		16–8–1
Lafayette Leopards (Independent) (1924–1928)
1924	Lafayette	7–2
1925	Lafayette	7–1–1
1926	Lafayette	9–0
1927	Lafayette	5–3–1
1928	Lafayette	6–1–2
Lafayette Leopards (Middle Three Conference) (1929–1935)
1929	Lafayette	3–5		T–1st
1930	Lafayette	3–5		1st
1931	Lafayette	5–3–1		1st
1932	Lafayette	3–5
1933	Lafayette	3–5–1
1934	Lafayette	2–6
1935	Lafayette	2–7
Washington:		59–40–6
Total:		75–48–7
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title

External links

• Herb McCracken at the College Football Hall of Fame
• Herb McCracken at the College Football Data Warehouse