| W. Durant Berry | |
| File:W Durant Berry.jpg Berry pictured in The Cincinnatian 1895, Cincinnati yearbook | |
| Sport(s) | Football |
|---|---|
| Biographical details | |
| Born | September 3, 1870 Warren, Massachusetts |
| Died | July 9, 1953 (aged 82) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 19–7 |
Walter Durant Berry (September 3, 1870 – July 9, 1953)[1] was an American football coach. He was the first head football coach at the University of Cincinnati, serving from 1894 to 1895 and compiling a record of 6–6.[2] Berry later worked as a doctor in New England. In 1903, he married Helen Warren Upham.
Berry had previously been a head football coach at Centre College in Danville, Kentucky from 1981 to 1893, compiling a record of 13 wins and 1 loss.[3] He died in 1953.[4]
Head coaching record[]
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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| Centre Colonels (Independent) (1894–1895) | |||||||||
| 1891 | Centre | 4–0 | |||||||
| 1892 | Centre | 6–0 | |||||||
| 1893 | Centre | 4–1 | |||||||
| Centre: | 13–1 | ||||||||
| Cincinnati (Independent) (1894–1895) | |||||||||
| 1894 | Cincinnati | 3–3 | |||||||
| 1895 | Cincinnati | 3–3 | |||||||
| Cincinnati: | 6–6 | ||||||||
| Total: | 19–7 | ||||||||
| †Indicates BCS bowl, Bowl Alliance or Bowl Coalition game. | |||||||||
References[]
- ↑ W. Durant Berry Biographical Information. Family Search: Mormon Database. Retrieved on March 5, 2016.
- ↑ W. Durant Berry. College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved on March 5, 2016
- ↑ Grace, Kevin (2003). Cincinnati Hoops. Arcadia Publishing. https://books.google.com/books?id=ezEs-Pm3n9cC&pg=PA12&lpg=PA12&dq=walter+durant+berry&source=bl&ots=KjRKOCI5sB&sig=au-C3tJ3iwbEJ9fa_ff4IPFf45k&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj-g9Ds1tzYAhUH0IMKHcMyAdsQ6AEISjAF#v=onepage&q=walter%20durant%20berry&f=false.
- ↑ "United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP8D-S82P : 5 December 2018), Walter D Berry, 12 Oct 1917; citing Military Service, NARA microfilm publication 76193916 (St. Louis: National Archives and Records Administration, 1985), various roll numbers.
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