Robert E. Brannan

Robert E. Brannan (November 12, 1891 – August 6, 1958) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach. He was the first coach in Chicago Bears franchise history, running the team when they were known as the Decatur Staleys in 1919.

Robert E. Brannan
Biographical details
Born(1891-11-12)November 12, 1891
Timken, Kansas
DiedAugust 6, 1958(1958-08-06) (aged 66)
New York, New York
Alma materOttawa University (1915)
Playing career
Football
1912–1913Ottawa
Basketball
1912–1915Ottawa
Baseball
1910–1915Ottawa
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1918Millikin
1919Decatur Staleys
1920–1922Ottawa
Basketball
1918–1919Millikin
1920–1922Ottawa
Baseball
1919Millikin
Head coaching record
Overall8–20–1 (college football)
37–12 (college basketball)
3–2 (college baseball)

In 1920, he became the ninth head football coach at Ottawa University in Ottawa, Kansas, a position he held for three seasons until 1922. His coaching record at Ottawa was 4–19–1.[1] According to football legend Walter Camp, the only bright spot for the team in the 1922 season was a guard named Swineheart who "played consistently" for the season.[2] Brannan graduated from the Ottawa academy in 1911. He later graduated from Ottawa University in 1915, having earned fourteen letters in all university sports.[3] Prior to coaching at Ottawa, he has coached at Sioux Falls University, James Millikin University and at high schools near Decatur, Illinois.[3] After coaching he worked for what later became Union Carbide, Co. until he retired in 1956.[4] He died at a hospital at New York City in 1958.[4]

Head coaching record

College football
Year Team Overall ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs
Millikin Big Blue (Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1918)
1918 Millikin 4–1
Millikin: 4–1
Ottawa Braves (Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference) (1920–1922)
1920 Ottawa 1–61–612th
1921 Ottawa 3–5–12–5–1T–11th
1922 Ottawa 0–80–716th
Ottawa: 4–19–13–18–1
Total:8–20–1
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References
  1. "2012 Football Media Guide" (PDF). Ottawa Braves. p. 7. Retrieved February 26, 2013.
  2. The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association football guide "The official rules book and record book of college football" (edited by Walter Camp) Can Sports Publishing Company, 1922
  3. Ottawa Campus, September 22, 1920, Ottawa, Kansas
  4. Ottawa Herald, August 7, 1958, Ottawa, Kansas
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