Homer Prendergast

Homer Prendergast
Auburn Tigers
Position	Halfback/Quarterback
Class	Graduate
Career history
College	Auburn (1913–1916)
Personal information
Born:	April 20, 1893; Marshall, Texas
Died:	June 3, 1975 (aged 82); Shreveport, Louisiana
Career highlights and awards
	SIAA championship (1913, 1914); All-Southern (1915, 1916);

Finis Homer "Boosky" Prendergast, Jr. (April 20, 1893 – June 3, 1975) was a college football player and high school football coach.

Auburn University

Prendergast was a prominent running back for Mike Donahue's Auburn Tigers football team of Auburn University from 1913 to 1916. He also punted.

He was selected All-Southern in 1915.[1]

Prendergast was selected All-Southern again in 1916.[2]

Homer Prendergast began as coach at Fair Park High School in Shreveport, Louisiana in 1931. He coached until 1955.[3][4]

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Dick Jemison (November 30, 1915). "Composite All-Southern Of Ten Of The Dopesters". Atlanta Constitution. p. 10. Retrieved March 5, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
"All-Southern Football Team As Picked By Sport Writers". Augusta Chronicle. December 3, 1916.
"Our Fair Park History". Retrieved March 19, 2015.
Truman Stacey (January 13, 1955). "From The Press Box". Lake Charles American-Press. p. 9. Retrieved March 19, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.

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