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Merritt Todd Cooke Jr. was an American football player, coach, engineer, and banker. He served as the head football coach at the University of Virginia in 1908, compiling a record of 7–0–1. Cooke graduated from the University of Virginia in 1906. He had played on the football team for four years, from 1903 to 1906. In 1910, Cooke was working as an electrical engineer. By 1921, Cooke had moved to Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania to work as an engineer for Baer, Cooke and Co. He was working as an investment banker in Philadelphia by 1931. Cooke died in 1967 after a long illness.
Chauncey L. Berrien was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York in 1902 and at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana in 1903, compiling a career college football coaching record of 6–8–2. Berrien played college football at Columbia University, where he starred as a fullback.
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- ↑ The Sigma Chi Quarterly: The Official Organ of the Sigma Chi Fraternity, Volume 25. Sigma Chi. 1905. Retrieved October 5, 2019.