James P. Herron

James P. Herron
	Herron from The Arbutus, 1923
Born:	August 12, 1894; New Kensington, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died:	December 21, 1967 (aged 73) (aged 73); Monongahela, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Career information
Position(s)	End
College	Pittsburgh
Career history
As coach
1920–1921	Pittsburgh (assistant)
1922	Indiana
1923–1924	Pittsburgh (assistant)
1925	Duke
1926–1928	Washington and Lee
As player
1919	Massillon Tigers
1920	Cleveland Tigers
Career highlights and awards
	National champion (1916); Consensus All-American (1916); Second-team All-American (1915); Head coaching record: 15–24–5;
Military career
Allegiance	United States
Service / branch	U.S. Army Air Corps; U.S. Army Air Forces
Years of service	1917–1919, 1942–1946
Rank	Major
Battles / wars	World War I; World War II

James Patrick Herron (August 12, 1894 – December 21, 1967) was an American football player and coach. He played at end for the University of Pittsburgh's football team from 1913 to 1916.^[1]

Biography

A member of the Panthers' undefeated national championship teams coached by Pop Warner in 1915 and 1916, Herron earned first team All-American honors in 1916. Following graduation, Herron served as first assistant coach to Warner before being leaving to become the head coach at Indiana University Bloomington in 1922.^[2] He also served as the head coach at Duke University in 1925 and at Washington and Lee University from 1926 to 1928. Herron, who also earned a law degree, served in the aviation service during World War I and was credited for bringing down two German planes.^[3] Herron died at the age of 73 on December 20, 1967, at Monongahela Memorial Hospital in Monongahela, Pennsylvania.^[4]

He also played in one game, a start, for the Cleveland Tigers of the American Professional Football Association in 1920.^[5]


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Indiana Hoosiers (Big Ten Conference) (1922)
1922	Indiana	1–4–2	0–2–1	9th
Indiana:		1–4–2	0–2–1
Duke Blue Devils (Independent) (1925)
1925	Duke	4–5
Duke:		4–5
Washington and Lee Generals (Southern Conference) (1926–1928)
1926	Washington and Lee	4–3–2	3–2–1	T–7th
1927	Washington and Lee	4–4–1	2–3	T–12th
1928	Washington and Lee	2–8	1–6	T–20th
Washington and Lee:		10–15–3	6–11–1
Total:		15–24–5

^ Sell, Jack (October 10, 1933). "Panther Given Memorable Tussle By Navy in Their Last Clash". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved September 8, 2009.
^ "Big 10 Coaches Clear Up Rule On Shift Play". Chicago Daily Tribune. September 9, 1922. Archived from the original on October 22, 2012. Retrieved September 8, 2009.
^ "Herron on Warner". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. February 4, 1939. Retrieved September 8, 2009.
^ "Pat Herron, Lawyer, Pitt All-American, 73". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. December 22, 1967. Retrieved May 17, 2012.
^ "Pat Herron". pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved October 16, 2024.

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