A. R. Kennedy

A. R. Kennedy
Biographical details
Kennedy pictured c. 1908 with the Kansas football team
Sport(s)	Football
Born	(1876-10-24)October 24, 1876 Wakarusa, Kansas
Died	June 29, 1969(1969-06-29) (aged 92) Lawrence, Kansas
Playing career
1895–1897	Kansas
1899	Penn
Position(s)	Quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1903	Washburn
1904–1910	Kansas
1911–1916	Haskell Institute
1916–1917	Washburn
Head coaching record
Overall	96–43–10
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 MVIAA (1908)

Albert Rutherford "Bert" Kennedy (October 24, 1876 – September 5, 1969) was an American football player and coach. He was born on the family farm in rural Wakarusa Township, just outside Lawrence, Kansas to Leander Jack Kennedy (September 21, 1836 – June 29, 1903) and Amanda E. Kennedy (née Todd) (November 23, 1841 – March 4, 1926). He played college football at both the University of Kansas, three seasons from 1895 to 1897 including one as team captain, and at the University of Pennsylvania, for one season in 1899. Kennedy also played one year of professional football immediately after graduating from Penn. During this time he played in the first professional football game ever played in Madison Square Garden which was also the first indoor professional football game ever played.^[1] After his one and only year of playing professionally, he returned to his home state of Kansas and coached football at Washburn University (1903, 1916–1917), at the University of Kansas (1904–1910), and at the Haskell Institute, now known as Haskell Indian Nations University, (1911–1916), compiling a career record of 96–43–10. His 52 wins with the Kansas Jayhawks football team are the most in the program's history.

Coaching career

Washburn

Kennedy was the eighth and then the fifteenth head football coach for Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas and he held that position for the 1903 season, and then returned for the 1916 and 1917 seasons. His overall coaching record at Washburn was 12 wins, 12 losses, and 3 ties.^[2]

Kansas

Kennedy was the 11th head football coach for the University of Kansas Jayhawks located in Lawrence, Kansas and he held that position for seven seasons, from 1904 until 1910. His overall coaching record at Kansas) was 52 wins, 9 losses, and 4 ties. This ranks him first at Kansas in terms of total wins and second at Kansas in terms of winning percentage.^[3]

Kennedy is one of the best performing coaches for Kansas in the Border War (as of 2007 called "Border Showdown") between Kansas and Missouri going 4-1-2 (.714) against them as a coach and 7-1-2 (.800) against them cumulatively as a coach and player.^[4]

Haskell Indian Nations

1914 Haskell football team

Kennedy was the head coach of the Haskell Indian Nations Fighting Indians football team from 1911 until 1916. At Haskell, his teams managed 32 wins, 22 losses, and 3 ties.

Later life, death, and legacy

Aside from coaching, Kennedy practiced dentistry non-stop for 62 years, even while coaching, until he was 89. He was also briefly the director of athletics for the Manhattan, Kansas YMCA.

He and his wife, Mary Theressa Kennedy (née Kennard), had four children. His youngest son, Ted Kennedy (October 18, 1912 - January 19. 2013), was a two time mayor of Lawrence, Kansas and lifelong dentist in Lawrence, Kansas. He also played a major part in the building of Lake Clinton.^[1] His second youngest son, Jesse Kennard "Bud" Kennedy (April 22, 1907 – June 24, 1966) was the head men's basketball coach at Florida State University from 1948 until his untimely death in 1966. Kennedy died on September 5, 1969 at the age of 92.^[5] He was survived by his 2nd wife, Harriet H. Kennedy (January 27, 1893 – December 19, 1969), daughter, Mrs. Ruth King, and sons Leander Jack Kennedy and Ted Kennedy. Kennedy was laid to rest in Memorial Park Cemetery in Lawrence, Kansas.

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Washburn Ichabods (Kansas College Athletic Conference) (1903)
1903	Washburn	7–0–1
Kansas Jayhawks (Independent) (1904–1906)
1904	Kansas	8–1–1
1905	Kansas	10–1
1906	Kansas	6–2–2
Kansas Jayhawks (Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1907–1910)
1907	Kansas	5–3	1–1	3rd
1908	Kansas	9–0	4–0	1st
1909	Kansas	8–1	3–1	2nd
1910	Kansas	6–1–1	1–1–1	5th
Kansas:		52–9–4	9–3–1
Haskell Institute Fighting Indians () (1911–1916)
Haskell Institute:		32–22–3
Washburn Ichabods (Kansas College Athletic Conference) (1916–1917)
1916	Washburn	3–6
1917	Washburn	2–6–2
Washburn:		12–12–3
Total:		96–43–10

References

1 2 Keegan, Tom (November 1, 2007). "His father's Jayhawks". Lawrence Journal World. Retrieved April 24, 2012.
↑ Washburn University Football Guide
↑ Kansas Coaching Records
↑ KU Athletics Archived March 10, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Football news
↑ Mayer, Bill (November 4, 1989). "Presence of All-Americans spurs fond memories". Lawrence Journal-World. Retrieved December 27, 2010.

External links

A. R. Kennedy at the College Football Data Warehouse

Washburn Ichabods head football coaches

Unknown (1891–1893)
W. M. Gains (1894)
No team (1895)
W. Griffith (1896)
Paul Coldren (1897–1898)
William Melford (1899)
Bennie Owen (1900)
Lawrence Banks (1901)
H. Ward Page (1902)
A. R. Kennedy (1903)
John H. Outland (1904–1905)
Garfield Weede (1906–1908)
Robert Stewart (1909–1910)
William L. Driver (1911–1912)
Glen Gray (1913–1915)
A. R. Kennedy (1916–1917)
Ernest Bearg (1918–1919)
Dwight Ream (1920–1921)
Glenn D. Vosburg (1922)
George Woodward (1923–1926)
Roy Wynne (1927–1928)
Ernest Bearg (1929–1935)
Elmer Holm (1936–1941)
Bob Raugh (1942–1943)
Charles Errickson (1944)
Lew Lane (1945)
Dick Godlove (1946–1958)
Ralph Brown (1959–1961)
Ellis Rainsberger (1962–1964)
Ed Linta (1965–1966)
Bill Schaake (1967–1968)
Harold Elliott (1969–1970)
Bob Noblitt (1971–1973)
Larry Elliott (1974–1978)
Gary Hampton (1979–1980)
Glenn Jagodzinske (1981–1982)
George Tardiff (1983–1984)
Larry Elliott (1984–1989)
Dennis Caryl (1990–1993)
Andy Williams (1993)
Tony DeMeo (1994–2001)
Craig Schurig (2002– )

Kansas Jayhawks head football coaches

Will Coleman (1890)
Edwin Mortimer Hopkins (1891)
A. W. Shepard (1892–1893)
Hector Cowan (1894–1896)
Wylie G. Woodruff (1897–1898)
Fielding H. Yost (1899)
L. W. Boynton (1900)
John H. Outland (1901)
Arthur Hale Curtis (1902)
Boss Weeks (1903)
A. R. Kennedy (1904–1910)
Ralph W. Sherwin (1911)
Arthur Mosse (1912–1913)
H. M. Wheaton (1914)
Herman Olcott (1915–1917)
Jay Bond (1918)
Leon McCarty (1919)
Phog Allen (1920)
George Clark (1921–1925)
Franklin Cappon (1926–1927)
Homer Woodson Hargiss (1928–1932)
Adrian Lindsey (1933–1938)
Gwinn Henry (1939–1942)
Henry Shenk (1943–1945)
George Sauer (1946–1947)
Jules V. Sikes (1948–1953)
Chuck Mather (1954–1957)
Jack Mitchell (1958–1966)
Pepper Rodgers (1967–1970)
Don Fambrough (1971–1974)
Bud Moore (1975–1978)
Don Fambrough (1979–1982)
Mike Gottfried (1983–1985)
Bob Valesente (1986–1987)
Glen Mason (1988–1996)
Terry Allen (1997–2001)
Mark Mangino (2002–2009)
Turner Gill (2010–2011)
Charlie Weis (2012–2014)
Clint Bowen # (2014)
David Beaty (2015– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

Haskell Indian Nations Fighting Indians head football coaches

Unknown
Albert E. Herrnstein (1903–1904)
Unknown (1905)
John H. Outland (1906)
Unknown (1907)
John R. Bender (1908–1909)
Unknown (1910)
A. R. Kennedy (1911–1916)
Unknown (1917)
Bud Saunders (1918–1919)
Matty Bell (1920–1921)
Dick Hanley (1922–1926)
Unknown (1927–1928)
William Henry Dietz (1929–1932)
Gus Welch (1933–1934)
John Levi (1935–1936)
No team (1937–1999)
Jerry Tuckwin (2000)
Graham Snelding (2001)
Eric Brock (2002–2009)
Phil Homeratha (2010)
Jimmy Snyder (2011–2012)
Rich Brewer (2013–2014)

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