Otto Wagonhurst

Otto Wagonhurst

Wagonhurst at Penn, circa 1893
Date of birth	(1871-04-25)April 25, 1871
Place of birth	Gouldsboro, Pennsylvania
Date of death
Place of death	Jackson, Michigan
Career information
Position(s)	Tackle
College	Penn
Career history
As coach
1896	Alabama
1897	Iowa
As player
1892–1895	Penn
1898–1899	Duquesne C & A.C.
1900	Homestead L & A.C.
Career highlights and awards
3x W. Pennsylvania champion (1898, 1899, 1900)

Otman Franklin "Otto" Wagonhurst (April 25, 1871 – June 15, 1932) was an American football player and coach. Wagonhurst played college football as a left tackle at the University of Pennsylvania from 1892 to 1895. He served as the head football coach at the University of Alabama in 1896 and at the University of Iowa in 1897, compiling a career record of 6–5. After coaching college football, he played professionally for Pittsburgh's Duquesne Country and Athletic Club and the Homestead Library and Athletic Club. He won circuit championship titles with Duquesne in 1898 and 1899 and Homestead in 1900. After his football career, he went on to become a railway executive. He died in 1932 in Jackson, Michigan and was buried in Akron, Ohio.

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Alabama Crimson White (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1896)
1896	Alabama	2–1	1–1
Alabama:		2–1	1–1
Iowa Hawkeyes (Western Interstate University Football Association) (1897)
1897	Iowa	4–4	0–2	T–3rd
Iowa:		4–4	0–2
Total:		6–5

External links

• Otto Wagonhurst at the College Football Data Warehouse