| Auburn Tigers | |
|---|---|
| Position | Halfback/Quarterback |
| Class | Graduate |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | April 20, 1893 Marshall, Texas |
| Died: | June 3, 1975 (aged 82) Shreveport, Louisiana |
| Career history | |
| College | Auburn (1913–1916) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| |
Finis Homer "Boosky" Prendergast, Jr. (April 20, 1893 – June 3, 1975) was a college football player and high school football coach.
Playing career[edit]
Auburn University[edit]
Prendergast was a prominent running back for Mike Donahue's Auburn Tigers football team of Auburn University from 1913 to 1916. He also punted.
1915
He was selected All-Southern in 1915.[1]
1916
Prendergast was selected All-Southern again in 1916.[2]
Coaching career[edit]
Homer Prendergast began as head coach at Fair Park High School in Shreveport, Louisiana in 1931 and coached until 1955.[3][4]
In his twenty-three years as head coach, he had a 154–78–13 (.655) record and won a LHSAA State Championship in 1952.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ Dick Jemison (November 30, 1915). "Composite All-Southern Of Ten Of The Dopesters". Atlanta Constitution. p. 10. Retrieved March 5, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^
"All-Southern Football Team As Picked By Sport Writers". Augusta Chronicle. December 3, 1916.
- ^ "Our Fair Park History". Retrieved March 19, 2015.
- ^ Truman Stacey (January 13, 1955). "From The Press Box". Lake Charles American-Press. p. 9. Retrieved March 19, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Jerry Byrd's Football Country (1981), pp. 103–106, 154–157