Homer Prendergast

Homer Prendergast

Auburn Tigers
Position	Halfback, quarterback
Class	Graduate
Personal information
Born:	(1893-04-20)April 20, 1893 Marshall, Texas, U.S.
Died:	June 3, 1975(1975-06-03) (aged 82) Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S.
Career history
College	Auburn (1913–1916)
Career highlights and awards
SIAA championship (1913, 1914) All-Southern (1915, 1916)

Finis Homer "Boosky" Prendergast Jr. (April 20, 1893 – June 3, 1975) was an American college football player and high school football coach.

Playing career

Auburn University

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

In 1923, Prendergast was hired as backfield and ends coach for the football team at the College of Marshall—now known as East Texas Baptist University—in Marshall, Texas.[3]

In 1926, Prendergast was hired as an athletic coach and English teacher at Shreveport High School in Shreveport, Louisiana.[4] After coaching at Shreveport's C. E. Byrd High School, Prendergast became head coach at Fair Park High School, also in Shreveport, in 1935.[5] He remained at Fair Park until his retirement from coaching in 1958.[6] In his 23 years as Fair Park's head football coach, Prendergast compiled a 154–78–13 (.655) record and lead his team to a Louisiana High School Athletic Association (LHSAA) state championship in 1952.[7]

Death

Prendergast died on June 3, 1975, at Virginia Hall Nursing Home in Shreveport.[8]

References

1. Dick Jemison (November 30, 1915). "Composite All-Southern Of Ten Of The Dopesters". Atlanta Constitution. p. 10. Retrieved March 5, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
2. "All-Southern Football Team As Picked By Sport Writers". Augusta Chronicle. December 3, 1916.
3. "C. O. M. Football Team To Train On Caddo Lake". The Marshall Morning News. Marshall, Texas. August 25, 1923. p. 8. Retrieved May 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
4. "Prendergast Is Named Coach Of Shreveport High". The Marshall Messenger. Marshall, Texas. September 23, 1926. p. 6. Retrieved May 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
5. "Joins Byrd Staff". The Times. Shreveport, Louisiana. March 10, 1935. p. 2A. Retrieved May 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
6. Byrd, Jerry (May 8, 1958). "Records Broken on Byrd Oval". Shreveport Journal. Shreveport, Louisiana. p. 10A. Retrieved May 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
7. Jerry Byrd's Football Country (1981), pp. 103–106, 154–157
8. "Former Fair Park Coach Dies". The Times. Shreveport, Louisiana. June 4, 1975. p. 13A. Retrieved May 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .