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02/09/2005 |  Though the advancement of football into the contemporary game of speed and elegance which we onlookers has had numerous contributors, perhaps no single person had a greater influence on the sport than Glenn Pop Warner. Warner cast a colossal light over collegiate football, shaping not only tremendous players and memorable teams, but molding the game itself in a way that few coaches ever had.
Pop (so-named at Cornell because he was older than most classmates) served short coaching stretch at Iowa State and the University of Georgia. In 1899 he arrived at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania. Warner made Carlisle into a national football power with a record of 108 wins 41 losses, and 8 ties against major college opponents over a 15 year period. Warner was nonetheless blessed with several outstanding talent at Carlisle, including the great Jim Thorpe. Warner's innovations made Thorpe a triple threat, a weapon who could run, pass, and kick with equal devastation. Warner followed his success at Carlisle with equally impressive results at the University of Pittsburgh, where he produced four undefeated teams in ten years. Stanford University was next, and Pop spent nine years on the west coast developing clever, sensational teams spearheaded by phenomenal talents such as Ernie Nevers. Warner completed his 300-plus wins career with stops at Temple University, and San Jose State in 1940.
Warner's legacy are his originality in equipment, practice methods and game strategy laid the foundation for football as we are acquainted with it today. Warner devised light-weight uniforms designed for speed, and invented the blocking sleds and tackling dummies still in use. Pop was also responsible for the reverse, the double wing, the crouching start for backs, many modern blocking schemes, and the reverse handoff on kickoffs. Warner was a trailblazer who led football out of the wilderness of masses, closed-order, push-pull and huddle into the open game of speed, deception and brains.
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12/26/2004 | Innovator of the game of American football coach, commonly known as Pop Warner. He later coached at Georgia, Cornell and Carlisle Indian School, where he developed several outstanding football stars, most notably Jim Thorpe, and gained a nationwide reputation.
Pop Warner major accomplishments happen at the University of Pittsburgh where he went 33-0 from 1915 to 1918. Warner developed several powerful Pitt teams, three of which had undefeated records, and coached legendary Dr. Jock Sutherland and won 3 National Championships. At Stanford (192432) he produced three Rose Bowl teams. Warner coached before moving on to at Temple University. Warner is credited with introducing the double-wing formation, the practice of numbered plays, and dummy scrimmaging all created during the University of Pittsburgh years.
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