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Glenn "Pop" = Warner

Glenn S. Warner was born April 5, 1871 in = Springville, New=20 York. He attended Cornell University, where he graduated in 1894 with a = law=20 degree. At Cornell, Warner also played football. As captain of the = football=20 team, he got the nickname "Pop" because was older than most of his=20 teammates.

In 1895, the University of Georgia hired Warner (photo) = as its=20 new football coach at a salary of $340 for ten weeks. He arrived in = Athens on=20 September 15, 1895, homesick and discouraged after seeing the sports = facilities=20 and staff at his disposal. At the time, the University of Georgia had no = athletic facilities, playing field, or stands. In fact, the only place = for=20 playing football or any other sport was a bare = field behind=20 New College where rocks stuck out of the red clay. In 1895, the = University=20 of Georgia's entire student body consisted of just 248 students, and = only 13 of=20 those showed up to play football. As a result,Warner's first team--the = 1895 = squad--had=20 3 wins against 4 loses. Warner was rehired for the 1896 season at a = salary of=20 $40 per week. The 1896=20 squad--Warner's last Georgia team----went 4-0, giving the University = of=20 Georgia its first undefeated season.

After Georgia, Warner returned to Cornell to coach = football for=20 two seasons. He then coached at the Carlisle Indian School in = Pennsylvania for=20 five years, returned to Cornell for three seasons, and returned again to = Carlisle in 1907--the same year as Jim Thorpe arrived. Warner went to = the=20 University of Pittsburgh in 1914, coaching his teams to 33 straight = victories=20 and two national championships. Next, Warner coached at Stanford, where = his=20 teams won three Rose Bowl championships. In 1933, he took his final = coaching job=20 at Temple University with only one losing season before retiring in=20 1938.

During his four decades as a coach, Warner brought = many=20 innovations to college football, including the spiral punt, the screen = play,=20 single- and double-wing formations, the naked reverse, the three-point = stance,=20 numbering players' jerseys, and the use of shoulder and thigh pads. But = to many=20 Americans, Warner is best remembered for starting the Pop Warner Youth = Football=20 League in 1929. On September 7, 1954, Pop Warner died in Palo Alto,=20 California.

On July 25, 1997, the U.S. Postal Service honored = four=20 legendary football coaches--Pop = Warner, Bear=20 Bryant, Vince Lombardi, and George Halas--with a 32-cent commemorative = stamp for=20 each. First day of issue ceremonies were held at the Professional = Football Hall=20 of Fame in Canton, Ohio. Each stamp was subsequently issued with a red = bar above=20 the coach's name in the state most associated with that stamp. On August = 8,=20 1997, the second=20 version of the Pop Warner stamp (with the red bar) was issued in=20 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania--the state where he spent most of his years = coaching.=20 Still, some sports enthusiasts felt that Georgia--which gave Warner his = first=20 coaching job--would have been a worthy site for the stamp.

 

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