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Pigskin Dispatch Podcast: Pop Warner Coaches Cornell

Timothy P. Brown

Feb 7, 2023

Pop Warner poses as the football captain in Cornell’s 1895 yearbook

Pigskin Dispatch podcaster Darin Hayes and I discuss a recent TidBit about Pop Warner’s first stint coaching his alma mater, Cornell, and the challenges of finding and teaching players.

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Today's Tidbit... Warner and the Inexperienced Cornell Eleven

College coaches today sometimes complain about their team's lack of experience, but at least they can be sure that most of their players have played football before. That was not the case early in the game's history, including in 1897 during Pop Warner's first year coaching Cornell…

10 months ago · Timothy P. Brown

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