George Sauer

Halfback, American football player

1910 – 1994

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Who was George Sauer?

George Henry Sauer was an American football player, coach, college sports administrator, and professional football executive. He played college football as a halfback at the University of Nebraska from 1931 to 1933 and then with the Green Bay Packers of the NFL from 1935 to 1937. Sauer served as the head football coach at the University of New Hampshire, the University of Kansas, the United States Naval Academy, and Baylor University, compiling a career college football record of 78–55–9. He was also the head basketball coach at New Hampshire for one season in 1938–39, tallying a mark of 3–14. Sauer was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1954.

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Born
Dec 11, 1910
Stratton
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Died
Feb 5, 1994
Waco

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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