Horace Hendrickson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Horace Hendrickson

American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach

Date of Birth: 24-Aug-1910

Place of Birth: Delphos, Ohio, United States

Date of Death: 22-May-2004

Profession: basketball coach, baseball player, American football player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Horace James "Horse" Hendrickson (August 24, 1910 – May 22, 2004) was an American football, basketball and baseball player, coach, and college athletics administrator.
He served as the head football coach at Elon University from 1937 to 1941 and at North Carolina State University from 1952 to 1953, compiling a career college football record of 35–28–1.
From 1937 to 1941, Hendrickson coached at Elon University, where he compiled a 31–12–1 record.
His best season came in 1941, when his team went 8–1.
For much of the 1940s, he was an assistant coach at the University of Pennsylvania.
From 1952 to 1953, he coached at North Carolina State University, where he compiled a 4–16 record. Hendrickson played football, basketball and baseball at Duke University.
He then served as director of athletics at Elon University, and coached football, baseball and basketball from 1937 to 1942.
In 1942, he moved to the University of Pennsylvania replacing Howard Odell as the backfield coach on the football team.