Joe Pritchard (American football)

Joseph Gibson "Beersheba" Pritchard (May 15, 1886 – July 14, 1947) was an American football player and coach. Pritchard played for the Vanderbilt Commodores of Vanderbilt University. He was selected All-Southern in 1905 and 1906.[1] He stood 6 foot 2 inches and weighed 185 pounds.[2] Pritchard served as the head coach at Louisiana State University for part of one season in 1909, compiling a record is 4–1.[3] He graduated from Vanderbilt in 1906 with a dental degree (DDS). A member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity,[4] he was later a Presbyterian dental missionary at Luebo in the Congo until he was forced to return to the United States due to poor health sometime before 1915.[5]

Joe Pritchard
Biographical details
Born(1886-05-15)May 15, 1886
Sharon, Mississippi
DiedJuly 14, 1947(1947-07-14) (aged 61)
Sunflower County, Mississippi
Playing career
1904–1906Vanderbilt
Position(s)Tackle
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1909LSU
Head coaching record
Overall4–1
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
2× All-Southern (1905, 1906)
1912 All-time Vandy 1st team

In 1912, Pritchard married Annie Milicent Landrey of Jeanerette, Louisiana.[6]

Head coaching record
Year Team Overall ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs
LSU Tigers (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1909)
1909 LSU 4–1*2–1*
LSU: 4–12–1*Last 3 games were coached by John W. Mayhew.
Total:4–1
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References
  1. e.g. "Surprises The Rule During Past Season". The Atlanta Constitution. December 2, 1906.
  2. "The Football Season of 1904". Vanderbilt University Quarterly. 5: 62–69.
  3. "LSU Year-by-Year Records" (PDF). lsusports.net. p. 107. Retrieved 2018-07-29.
  4. http://www.mocavo.ca/The-Catalogue-of-the-Phi-Delta-Theta-Fraternity-3/676575/38
  5. Vanderbilt University (1915). "Faculty-Senior Dinner, Maxwell House, April 16, 1915". Vanderbilt University Quarterly. 15: 108–112.
  6. Vanderbilt, University. Vanderbilt University Quarterly [Volume 13]. Nashville, Tennessee: Vanderbilt University. p. 71. Retrieved 2018-07-29.
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