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The College of Emporia was a private college in Emporia, Kansas from 1882 to 1974, and was associated with the Presbyterian church.
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Gwinn Henry was an American football player, track athlete, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Howard Payne University, the College of Emporia, the University of Missouri, the University of New Mexico, and the University of Kansas, compiling a career college football record of 100–78–16. Henry was also the head coach of the St. Louis Gunners, an independent professional football team, in 1933.
Adrian Hobart "Ad" Lindsey was an American football player and coach of football and baseball. He served as the head football coach at Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kansas from 1922 to 1926, at the University of Oklahoma from 1927 to 1931, and at the University of Kansas from 1932 to 1938, compiling a career college football record of 66–64–16. Lindsey was also the head baseball coach at Kansas for one season in 1921, tallying a mark of 13–2.
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Francis George Welch was an American football player and coach, track and field coach, and college athletics administrator. He was of the first three coaches to be selected for the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Track and Field Hall of Fame and is a member of the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame.
Wayne J. McConnell was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at the College of Emporia in Emporia, Kansas from 1950 to 1955 and Fort Hays State University in Hays, Kansas from 1956 to 1968, and compiling a career college football coaching record of 83–80–4.
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- ↑ "Football coaching record for H. W. "Bill" Hargiss".
- ↑ "Indians Nosed Out In Last Quarter". Lawrence Daily Journal-World. 23 November 1912. p. 8.